Shaping Rural Territories through technical farming
Embracing Technology + Revival of Well beingness
My project is an investigation on what the future farming and rural enterprises holds, moreover how generic it could look in context to my site in Khaoyai. This project isn’t to solve problems, making goals or making revolution but it is to speculate based on the revolution of agriculture. Since the agriculture is becoming more automotive, making it more efficient, with the use of robots, temperature controlled climate/environment and use of led lights.
By embracing the technology use of led, for example, it could increase the growth of the plant and its vegetation. With this technology, growing conditions can be controlled including the climate, the water, nutrition and the light. In the light spectrum of light the pink (blue+red) is the most effective. In vertical farming, water is re-used making this system very sustainable for water usage (more than 90% on water savings). No pesticides or other chemicals are used because there are no external influences getting inside the farm and everything used inside the farm is sterile. Accurate control of the climate allows crop growth in the best conditions. So instead of farming with adapting to farm in a vertical form with led lighting could be an option for a better future, with benefits on both health and the economics.
Advantages
Increase in food production (Faster growth)( increases production efficiency)
Accurate Control (Best growth conditions)
Water saving more than 90%
More compact
Optimize costs
Latest technology provides accurate progress on the plants
We need to imagine how this revolution is going to reshape rural territories + revival of well beingess
Since the vertical farm is controlled with latest technologies without any further help from the workers. Re purposing the left over land to provide those jobs and social equality environment (garden forest) to be closer to the nature and to give space back to nature to increase biodiversity. Instead of occupying large space while farming, the vertical farming reduce the amount of space that is normally used by replacing it with the nature itself. So, the farming will be locked up in its container, with garden, forest surrounded with variety of plant species and wild environment. Because there are no seasons inside the farm, the yield per year is the highest of what can be achieved compared to other ways of growing crops. So I designed to have three to four different types of farms, which each is purpose for a specific type of season fruits. For example, one farm is just for the plants that grows in the warm season, so all the crops in this farm are all tropical crops.
Moreover, my site is located in Khao yai which is one of the well-known area for both pleasure and leisure activities for both tourism and locals. Many people go there for its well-known relaxation and calming atmosphere. People who go there seems to have forgotten that Khao yai is also one of the most activities of agriculture that is taken place for the whole country. With the analysis information that I have, digging further into the data I have collected, the idea of combing the well beingess and rural territories to emerge together in order to promote both of them.
From what I have mentioned above, the controlled climate for each type of seasoned farming, is separated accordingly as seen on the plan. The whole activities are situated in the climate controlled where the programs are as mentioned.
