Mobile Plant Factory

An Explanatory guide for designing travelling Plant factory with Hybrid lighting system using computational design workflow

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

T.F.M.W. Alboustani Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

M. Turrin (supervisor 1)
Luuk Graamans (supervisor 1)
I. Nase (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2018 Tarik Alboustani
Biomimicry Horticulture Plant factory Greenhouses Vertical farming Hybrid lighting system Aquaponic Mobility
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Published Date

13-07-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Plant factory with artificial light PFAL is an advanced facility has been developing through many research based on experimental field work in greenhouses as fully insulated and the airtight production facility. PFAL is one form of “closed plant production system” (CPPS) unit. It is a system where the growing environment optimally controlled and therefore, can provide various type of crops in different climatic conditions at a higher production level.The standard PFAL only use artificial lighting to provide the plant with the light required for photosynthesis needed for growth. The research by design intends to fill the gap between the architecture, agriculture and environmental studies and to reproduce the PFAL in a Hybrid lighting system to benefit from solar light and in combination with an hydroponic farming technique .