T.U.R.F - The URban Food Factory, Web-based decision support for the adaptive reuse of urban car parking structures with controlled environment agriculture (CEA)

The project aims to demonstrate how urban car garages can be reused and strengthen urban resilience through adaptation to adaptive controlled cultivation environments.

Using speculative and user-centered design methods, the research project is focused on an increased understanding of how car garages as a typology can be developed to strengthen resilience in the city. By developing a web-based manual as decision support for planning, as well as through interactive 3D models that improve the understanding of the concept, the goal is to support robust decision-making for how the adaptive reuse of end-of-life buildings for food supply can act as a driving force for sustainable development.

Through case studies of car garages in Sweden and Poland, virtual strategic models are developed that aim to reveal the perceived difficulties in adapting multi-story garages to growing environments. The main target group is decision-makers, such as urban planners, investors, and developers.