Inhabitat writes about a new urban farm installation in Shenzen. “Landgrab City,” is a square plot that represents a map of the city and is designed to educate Shenzhen residents about how much land is required to feed the city’s population of 4.5 million. The urban farm is part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture.
Inhabitat says the plot is subdivided into areas for different crops, and surrounded by a map of one of Shenzhen’s downtown. “The cultivated area is subdivided to represent the amount of food consumed from each food group – vegetables, cereals, fruit, pasture for livestock, and more.”
The project designers, Joseph Grima, Jeffrey Johnson, and José Esparza, seek to educate Shenzhen residents about the relationship between food and agricultural land-use – in reality, the area’s food production isn’t concentrated in a few areas. “Food production is scattered throughout the country and even beyond its borders. The creators make the point that food scarcity and volatile prices on the international market are pressing concerns, and because of this, vast swathes of land are being ‘grabbed’ for agricultural purposes, hence the name Landgrab City.”
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