Urbanization and Food in the Biodigital Age

• Published in: Climate Change and Pragmatic Engineering Mitigation pp. 269 - 294
• Main Authors: Afsar, Secil, Estévez, Alberto T., Abdallah, Yomna K.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Jenny Stanford Publishing 2022
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Robotic Arm Control; PLA; Ann Modeling; Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System; Convective Heat Transfer Models; Design Process Loop; Outdoor Thermal Comfort; Built Environment; Printing Food; Agro Polymers; Edible Architecture; NASA’s Kennedy Space Center; Parametric Design Tools; La Pedrera; Sustainable Food Production System; Delta Winglet; Generative Design Tools; Convective Heat Loss Coefficient; Soft Details; Food Supply System; Universitat Internacional De Catalunya; Complex Organic Substances; Energy Balance Error; Barcelona Pavilion; Reciprocal Interrelation
• ISBN: 9789814877978; 9814877972
• DOI: 10.1201/9781003256588-9

Unusual problems need unusual solutions. In this sense, mitigating the current global sustainability problems requires sailing into surrealistic creativity as a source of inspiration in invading the intact interdisciplinary fields of research in service of the sustainable style of living as well as the sustainable built environment. In this chapter, the current limitations and drawbacks of the built environment are discussed; the insufficiency of the current style of living and architecture to fulfill human needs of food and energy production Is highlighted. Solutions that are focused on developing self-sufficient, productive home/farm, and edible building materials for temporal sheltering are proposed, including the methodology of implementing these systems and materials, their production technology in the digital age advances, and their reciprocal interrelation with the essential aspects of 270the design process loop, especially, economy, reproducibility, and sustainability.