The Ultimate Green Building

New York City-based Work Architecture Company (Work AC) designed an apartment building with a working farm on top of it. The firm is interesting in urban farming and trying to make cities sustainable by cutting vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for food.

New York magazine asked four architects to design a vacant block site at the Canal and Varick Streets in NYC, in an article called  "Blue Sky on Canal Street." In it's criteria, New York required the designs to include a residential element and that it more or less meet zoning requirements.

Crops could be grown on different floors and green areas not in use could be used for recreation. The water tanks on the top of the building would be used for irrigation.

The owner of the vacant lot, Trinity Real Estate, has plans to construct a sculpture park in the location.