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The lack of farmland in Chicago means that food must be transported further and further to reach the population. And while it takes 12.5 acres of land to feed one person for a year with traditional farming, hothouse production feeds 36 times more people on the same amount of land. Feeder’s pyramidlike greenhouses could be optimized to produce enough food to supply nearby markets and restaurants and buyers would only need to travel a short distance to pick up their fruits and vegetables – perhaps even on foot.

Of the project, Studio Gangsays “It magnifies and exposes the important aspect of food production as a necessity for urban living” and “it offers a useful and productive gateway architecture that reinvigorates Chicago as an urban habitat.” In addition to filtering the polluted highway air, the farms will educate the public and students, giving them a new understanding and a stronger connection to the production of food.