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A vertical farm proposal that makes the urban food supply process visible by reconfiguring the relationships between farm, processing plant and granary into three building types and a public arcade.
Agricultural Infrastructure
Facilities for agricultural production, processing and storage have shaped the spatial structure of communities. As industrialized supply chains separated farms, processing plants and storage facilities from urban life, the processes of food production and distribution became less visible in the city.
The functional relationships between the farm, mill and granary were reconfigured within an urban block. Their principles of production, processing and storage were applied to a vertical farm and public programs.
Supply System
The complex comprises three buildings: Smart Farm, Mill and Granary. Smart Farm accommodates cultivation; Mill handles sorting, processing and packaging; and Granary combines storage and distribution with market, dining and library programs.
The Arcade between the buildings connects logistics and pedestrian routes, establishing relationships between each stage of production and the public spaces.
Each building uses a structural system suited to its function. Smart Farm employs long-span steel framing to accommodate cultivation modules; Mill provides column-free space for changes to production lines; and Granary uses a raised timber floor and lightweight framing.
Each structural system reflects the arrangement of production equipment and the way the facility operates.
Layout and Circulation
Smart Farm and Mill are positioned to support logistics access. Granary, which includes market, dining and library functions, adjoins the central arcade.
Separate access routes are provided for visitors, staff, loading vehicles and neighboring residents. The central pedestrian space allows visitors to understand the functional relationships between the three facilities.
Smart Farm
Smart Farm consists of climate-controlled cultivation modules and a shared supporting structure. Growing rooms, irrigation pipes, artificial lighting, services and maintenance routes are coordinated at the module scale, separating the production environment from the building envelope.
Roof and facade details coordinate insulation, drainage, finishes, structure and access to the modules.
Mill
Mill is a transitional space where crops arriving from Smart Farm are sorted, washed, quality-checked and packaged before storage or distribution. It accommodates multiple processing routes for fruiting vegetables, root vegetables, leafy greens and herbs, each of which requires a different sequence.
The Sankey diagram shows how flows branch toward the Cleanroom, Local Market and Granary according to crop type and level of processing. The long-span structure and overhead services zone allow production lines to change.
Granary
Drawing on the role of traditional granaries in holding a community’s surplus produce, the building combines storage and distribution with spaces for public use. A market, dining, retail, library and lounge are arranged within a regular timber grid.
The raised floor and exposed frame draw on the environmental strategies and repeated spatial organization of traditional storage buildings.
Arcade
The central Arcade connects three buildings with different structures and materials. Cultivation, processing, storage and exchange adjoin an everyday pedestrian route, linking the production system with public use.
The project received a Finalist Mention in the 2025 YAC Vertical Farms competition. Developed by a two-person team, Seyeong Choi was responsible for the overall system and concept, structural and interior design, modeling and rendering, isometric, detail and system drawings, and the Sankey diagram.