Food production at home

kasestudieskj
Jan 5
1 min read

I am going to try and keep these simple.

The idea of being closer to my food sources is really enticing. A short proximity to the things we need is a benefit for affordability, security, and sustainability overall.

Having a sense for self sustainability would be especially powerful. With the rising prices of groceries, or general food insecurity issues... There is something appealing about my own garden, a few chickens, and whatever else makes sense to sustain myself, my family and maybe my community if I am lucky.

This property by Partners Hill in Australia is an inspiring design for that reason. At its core, the programming is focused on Education for Agricultural practices, while applying residential comforts/luxuries.

My personal favorite part is how they used an external envelope with smaller freestanding buildings inside of it. Really, its a large volume garage with a bunch of gardens and living spaces tucked inside. But something about the connected transition between spaces would be a very cozy environment to live in.

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