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Project facts Architect: Studio Precht Project name: The Farmhouse Project farming: Residential, Farming Project year: 2017 - ongoing Project partners: Chris Precht, Fei Tang Precht, ZiZhi Yu
Objective The Farmhouse is an attempt to reconnect people in the city with the process of growing our food. Since the industrial revolution, they grew apart from our food and that has a harmful affect on the health of people and the health of our environment. Project Background ”Their motivation for ‘the Farmhouse’ is personal. 2 years ago they relocated their office from the centre of Beijing to the mountains of Austria. They live and work now off the grid and try to be as self-sufficient as somehow possible. They grow most of the food themselves and get the rest from neighbouring farmers. They have now a very different relation to food. A tomato from the garden tastes different then the one shipped around the globe. They are aware that this life-style is not an option for everyone, so they try to develop projects, that brings food back to cities.”
Mission and Vission "But food and shelter are human needs and architects can rethink their relation. There is an opportunity to reconnect architecture and agriculture and change them to the betterment of both. "I think we miss this physical and mental connection with nature and this project could be a catalyst to reconnect ourselves with the life-cycle of our environment," said Chris Precht.
The Farmhouse runs on an organic life-cycle of products inside the building, where one processes output is another processes input: Buildings create already a large amount of heat, which can be reused for plants like potatoes, nuts or beans to grow. A water-treatment system filters rain- and greywater enriches it with nutrients and cycles it back to the greenhous. The food waste can be locally collected in the buildings basement, turned into compost and reused to grow more food.
COFFEE SHOP • MỸ AN, VIETNAM •Architects: 85 Design •Area: 130 m² •Year: 2018
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In Vietnam, there are a large number of steel buildings. They can be easily found around the country and have been built for different purposes of use. Therefore, most people still think of steel buildings as factories, temporary houses and they can hardly become a beautiful building. Thus they want to prove that: Steel buildings are neither dry nor rigid. Steel buildings can completely make attractive and high quality works
Furniture Layout Plan – Ground Floor
Furniture Layout Plan – First Floor
Furniture Layout Plan –Second Floor
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Project Gallery – by To Huu Dong
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