Entry #18

Take a Grow!

Matias Gatti

A system of modular hydroponic farms that can be easily transported and combined to build larger structures. Modules can be rented out by local entrepreneurs to grow and sell produce. Each module is equipped with a set of sensors that automatically keeps track of crop growth — citizens can check what produce are available at which modules, and place orders through their smartphones.

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Online voter comments:
Blue boxes show positive comments, Red boxes show negative comments.
The length of the striped bar represents the number of people who shared the opinion.

FOR (A): The proposal can educate urban residents about how their food is produced

FOR (B): I like how the authors propose to do agriculture in Ginza of all places

FOR (C): It's fun to imagine people shopping for luxury goods one minute, and harvesting vegetables the next minute

FOR (D): I think the proposal can create new jobs in cities

FOR (E): This seems like an idea that can be deployed in a wide variety of places, not just Sony Park

AGAINST (A): Growing produce in Ginza sounds rather inefficient; why here?

AGAINST (B): I feel this idea is too narrowly focused on the issue of food productivity

AGAINST (C): I have difficulty seeing how this idea contributes to realizing "future cities created by everyone"

• Metadata:
• • The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
    3  (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech)
• • Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
    1  (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific)
• • Degree of commercial potential
    3  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    1  (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change)
• • Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    1  (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change)
• • Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
    2  (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)