Adaptive Reuse for Urban Food Provision

This book analyses the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture systems and the contribution of such a transformation to urban development. Modern movement garages built over the last 60 years are becoming redundant due to changing mobility trends and growing environmental awareness. Adaptive reuse is one of the scenarios that can reconcile these megastructures with contemporary urban needs. The novel function proposed in this study for multi-storey garages is controlled environment agriculture, which is a food production technique that is now developing in cities as an innovative business and a secondary food source. First, the study focuses on the theory of repurposing existing buildings for food production, which is then summarised in the form of a guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture. Second, the guide is applied to two case studies, which allows exploring their potential to accommodate urban farming from planning, architectural, and environmental perspectives. The book aims to inspire and support decision-makers, architects, scholars and students when elaborating novel solutions for repurposing buildings for alternative functions. The publication encourages treating existing building stock as a resource that can become a stimulus for the new design process, which improves urban food provision.

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Monika Szopinska-Mularz is an architect, postgraduate researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture at Rzeszow University of Technology (Poland). She holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Urbanism awarded by the University of Portsmouth (UK). After graduating from Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) in 2010 with a Master of Architecture and Urbanism degree, she practised architecture in KuP Architekten in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and ST Architekci in Rzeszow, Poland. Monika is a registered member of the Polish Chamber of Architects. In 2009, she was awarded special selection praise in the JAD International Design Competition in South Korea for creating a Soft Space as a conceptual reaction to the recent worldwide economic crisis. Her current research focus is on adaptive reuse of buildings, urban agriculture and resilient urban design. In the architectural practice, she mainly works on modernising existing building stock, adaptive reuse and landscape design.

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Chapter 1: Introduction1.1. Scope and study area1.2. Rationale for the research 1.3. Aim, objectives and research questions1.4. Structure of the thesis 1.5. Limitations of the researchChapter 2: Methodology2.1. Introduction to Chapter 22.2. Philosophical and theoretical framework 2.3. Design thinking for addressing the research aims2.4. Research design2.5. Guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture2.6. Initial design scenario for the adaptive reuse of the inner-city modern movement car parking structure for controlled environment agriculture2.7. Methods of data collection2.7.1. Literature review2.7.2. Interviews 2.7.3. Case study2.8. Selection and introduction of the cases2.8.1. Introduction of case studies selected for the exploratory research2.8.2. Introduction of case studies selected for the explanatory research2.9. Data analysis 2.9.1. Literature review2.9.2. Exploratory case study analysis 2.9.3. Interviews2.9.4. Explanatory case study analysis2.10. Summary of Chapter 2Chapter 3: Literature review 3.1. Role and development of the global food supply system3.1.1. Food supply in the UK3.1.2. Social impacts of the UK food system3.1.3. Environmental impacts of the UK food system3.1.4. Enhancing the local food supply in the UK 3.2. Urban agriculture as a local secondary food source 3.2.1. Challenges for urban agriculture posed by the urban environment3.2.2. Adaptive reuse of buildings for urban agriculture3.2.3. Controlled environment agriculture3.2.4. Soilless growing techniques for controlled environment agriculture 3.2.5. Selection of a soilless growing technique for this thesis 3.3. Inner-city modern movement car parking structures: adaptive reuse considerations3.3.1. Traffic-related issues in urban areas3.3.2. Strategies for reducing private car use in sustainable cities3.3.3. Car parking in inner-city areas 3.3.4. Modern movement multi-storey car parking structures3.3.5. Future scenarios for inner-city modern movement car parking structures Chapter 4: Investigation into the planning, architectural and environmental opportunities and limitations for the adaptive reuse of urban structures for controlled environment agriculture4.1. Introduction to Chapter 44.2. Planning considerations4.2.1. Opportunities and limitations for the implementation of building-based urban agriculture from the stakeholders' perspective4.2.2. Planning strategy at the initial stage of design for repurposing buildings for controlled environment agriculture4.3. Architectural considerations4.3.1. Architectural form for controlled environment agriculture4.3.2. Orientation of the architectural form accommodating controlled environment agriculture4.3.3. Cladding materials to enclose a space for controlled environment agriculture4.3.4. Structure of the building up-cycled for controlled environment agriculture4.4. Resource and energy-efficient technologies and alternative energy technology options for controlled environment agriculture 4.4.1. Water-saving and recycling 4.4.2. Energy-saving systems 4.4.3. Alternative energy technology options 4.5. Case study analysis 4.5.1. Planning exploration of case studies4.5.2. Architectural exploration of case studies 4.5.3. Environmental exploration of case studies4.6. Summary of Chapter 4 Chapter 5: Interviews with practitioners 5.1. Introduction to Chapter 5 5.2. Interview design 5.3. Representation of interview participants5.4. Preliminary analysis of the interviews 5.4.1. Planning considerations5.4.2. Architectural considerations 5.4.3. Environmental considerations 5.5. Interpretation of the results of the interviews 5.5.1. Planning category of questions 5.5.2. Architectural category of questions 5.5.3. Environmental category of questions5.6. Summary of Chapter 5Chapter 6: Guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture 6.1. Introduction to Chapter 66.2. Goal and scope of the guide6.3. The relevance of the guide arising from the literature review6.4. Overview and scope of the guide6.4.1. Planning phase 6.4.2. Architectural phase 6.4.3. Environmental phase6.5. Guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture6.6. Limits of the guide6.7. Summary of Chapter 6 Chapter 7: Application of the guide to the case studies. Investigating the viable adaptive reuse scenario of the three modern movement car parking structures for CEA. 7.1. Introduction to Chapter 77.2. Case study 1: Portsmouth, Isambard Brunel Car Park7.2.1. Application of the planning phase of the guide7.2.2. Application of the architectural phase of the guide7.2.3. Application of the environmental phase of the guide7.3. Case study 2: Bristol, Prince Street Car Park 7.3.1. Application of the planning phase of the guide7.3.2. Application of the architectural phase of the guide7.3.3. Application of the environmental phase of the guide7.4. Case study 3: Brighton & Hove, London Road Car Park 7.4.1. Application of the planning phase of the guide7.4.2. Application of the architectural phase of the guide7.4.3. Application of the environmental phase of the guide7.5. Summary of Chapter 7Chapter 8: Discussion8.1. Introduction to Chapter 88.2. Role of research for the design of controlle…