Fresh orchards in front of a vertical architecture.
A simple reasoning that many urbanites long for … "We want to eat fresh producer!" Worse, the reality of cities is that achieving this objective entails an expense that many of us cannot bear.
As options, there are many and others that have been coining followers for years, such as the urban gardens (See reference article), whether on our rooftop of the building or renting a space in the bordering area of the city, there are even systems that we can mount directly in our home or on the balcony and that can bring us a direct benefit, at least a salad in good condition.
But having a fresh tomato in the city has an overwhelming inconvenience, the physical space to produce it, the cities are not prepared to be able to formalize a cultivation "in situ".
One potential solution is posed by the OVA Studio team at the creation of modular vertical farms based on transport containers…. And how does that work?
The container as a standardized element is perfect both for its transport and its transformation. The container reuse they can move on to a new concept beyond that intended for accommodation.
It is intended to create a vertical farming architecture, a vertical food production system based on modular and prefabricated housing that will be assembled based on modules.
«Hive-Inn ™ City Farm is a modular agricultural structure where containers are designed and used as cultivation modules and acts as an ecosystem where each unit has a role in food production, energy collection, recycling of waste and water. " 
The architectural structure that will make up these containers will be based on a vertical column that will allow the modules to be "plugged in" according to needs, promoting mobility or replacement of containers in an easy way.
The idea of composing this "ecosystem" To bring fresh products to the table is based on five determining points:
- Provides a larger area of cultivation on a smaller area in urban land.
- Self-sufficiency and recycling in the same structure. It is intended based on renewable energy, solar, wind, as well as the collection of water in rain.
- Mobility and cheaper construction of a vertical architecture intended to produce food. A "cheap" system means that more people can reach this initiative.
- Minimize travel to get fresh food
- Creation of new green lungs in cities.
While it is true that a priori the project seems like a vision of the future or a game of "Lego" rather than reality, let's not kid ourselves! The population in cities is growing at a surprising rate and solutions such as the present one will be taken into account before the quality of life of its inhabitants.
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