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 Urban Farming - Dome Grown
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Koen de Raad

Web Science Bachelor
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Nederlands

Michael Verhage

Nano Science & Technology Master
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Nederlands

Stijn van Geel

Technische Bedrijfskunde Bachelor
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Nederlandse
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Urban Farming - Dome Grown

De uitdaging

We are Dome Grown. With a team of 4 and a bold vision for the future of self-sustainable cities, we don't focus on changing how buildings are constructed or on solving urban energy problems but we propose a concept, an idea, a vision of something that's of great importance, but most take for granted: food production. Our aim is to accelerate and integrate cultivation, called "Urban Farming", within the city limits and into the life of city dwellers. Right now almost 73% of all Europeans live in cities and peri-urban regions. This number is excepted to rise to 82% in the year 2050, in accordance with the rest of the world's population growth and demography. Food demand is increasing and contemporary agriculture is already strained and not durable in transport and production. We like to contribute to the change of where and how humans grow consumable plant products.

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De oplossing

We, and thousands of already existing worldwide urban farmers, believe that cities and urbanized areas can support structures for the purpose of growing a substantial part of the city dweller diet -- up to 40%. ". We believe it can be done with new types of greenhouses, placed on rooftops and vacant lots. But we don’t use standard greenhouse design. We took a different path and designed two types of greenhouses from the ground up to accommodate for city environments. They’re; made from different strong and lightweight materials, innovative shaped design, cheap and durable. These greenhouses will provide a strong and unique environment for many consumable plant species, which we‘ll let thrive in a fully controlled and autonomous environment, right within the city limits. The dome is multipurpose: it can be used for keeping bees, as hubs for local algae production, education and in the cold winters of Scandinavia, the arid sands of Dubai or in polluted cities like Hong Kong due to its climate control. Besides 'growing' (Urban Farming), our technology can be used for 'living'. We design and create "geodesic domes" which inspire many people and business around the world to redefine homes and temporary environments. This concept can bind both worlds. We believe our technology can become an intrigued part of the cities of tomorrow. For more information visit: www.domegrown.nl

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Hobie Roeters 11 mrt 20:28
Niels Rasing 11 mrt 19:33
Kevin Schippers 11 mrt 19:05
Yorick van der Kroef 8 mrt 14:17
Stef voermans 8 mrt 10:43
Comments (12)

Douwe van den Wall Bake


30 maart 2017 om 08:23

Leuk om jullie gisteren ontmoet te hebben! Voor een proeflocatie zouden jullie ook eens moeten kijken naar www. Thegreenvillage. Org

Daan Kersten


24 maart 2017 om 21:19

Urban farming will be large but what is the problem you want to solve? Why will your dome (not most efficient shape in a city where land is scarce) be an improvement over other structures?

Johannes van Melle


24 maart 2017 om 10:27

Nice idea, but more explanation needed to assess patentability: Explain how the idea distinguishes from greenhouses and what technical problem is solved with what technical measures. Keep these details secret until filing the patent application.

Arthur van de Goor


23 maart 2017 om 07:43

Great idea for a very real (future) problem. But like benjamin stated, space could be an issue. As might be the shadows of tall buildings combined with the proposed solar panels (see website). Very interested to see how this idea evolves.

Arthur van de Goor


23 maart 2017 om 07:43

Great idea for a very real (future) problem. But like benjamin stated, space could be an issue. As might be the shadows of tall buildings combined with the proposed solar panels (see website). Very interested to see how this idea evolves.

Erwin de Jong


22 maart 2017 om 19:19

I like the proposal. You are focusing on urban situations, but what about applications in developing countries? Could these units operate stand alone and provide a micro climate where it is possible to farm?

Phil Willems


22 maart 2017 om 14:42

Very powerful idea. A possible solution for upcoming food shortness. A dome construction in various sizes and materials gives it a nice modern look. Stork can help this idea to make it into a pilot for the dome construction.

Benjamin Jurg


21 maart 2017 om 12:22

I wonder where the domes are planned to be placed. What is the size of these domes and is the shape configurable? After all, the urbanized area is not called as such for nothing so availability of space is a challenge.

Jan-Theordoor Wiltschek


13 maart 2017 om 16:21

Interesting. Definitely addressing a future challenge. Might also be good to think of a system to monitor and exchange crops, comparable to micro-grids for local energy initiatives. Like a marketplace behind the initiative to exchange between communities

Tom Huizer


10 maart 2017 om 16:26

Interesting proposal! Is it running stand-alone on renewable sources?