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Adaptive Reuse for Urban Food Provision

Repurposing Inner-city Car Parking Structures for Controlled Environment Agriculture

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Authors:
  1. Monika Szopińska-Mularz

    1. Department of Architectural Design and Engineering Graphics, The Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland

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  • Covers an innovative study about use of car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture and food provision
  • Presents a new strategy for repurposing a specific architectural typology for innovative use
  • Proposes a guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures

Part of the book series: Cities and Nature (CITIES)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • Monika Szopińska-Mularz
    Pages 1-23

  3. Opportunities and Limitations for the Adaptive Reuse of Urban Structures for Controlled Environment Agriculture

    • Monika Szopińska-Mularz
    Pages 25-69

  4. Interviews with Practitioners

    • Monika Szopińska-Mularz
    Pages 71-89

  5. Guide

    • Monika Szopińska-Mularz
    Pages 91-103

  6. Application of the Guide to Case Studies. Investigating the Viable Adaptive Reuse Scenario of the Two Modern Movement Car Parking Structures for Food Production

    • Monika Szopińska-Mularz
    Pages 105-145

  7. Discussion and Conclusion

    • Monika Szopińska-Mularz
    Pages 147-165

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 167-170
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About this book

This book analyses the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture systems and the contribution of such a transformation to urban development. Modern movement garages built over the last 60 years are becoming redundant due to changing mobility trends and growing environmental awareness. Adaptive reuse is one of the scenarios that can reconcile these megastructures with contemporary urban needs. The novel function proposed in this study for multi-storey garages is controlled environment agriculture, which is a food production technique that is now developing in cities as an innovative business and a secondary food source.  

First, the study focuses on the theory of repurposing existing buildings for food production, which is then summarised in the form of a guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture. Second, the guide is applied to two case studies, which allows exploring their potential to accommodate urban farming from planning, architectural, and environmental perspectives. 
The book aims to inspire and support decision-makers, architects, scholars and students when elaborating novel solutions for repurposing buildings for alternative functions. The publication encourages treating existing building stock as a resource that can become a stimulus for the new design process, which improves urban food provision.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Architectural Design and Engineering Graphics, The Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland

    Monika Szopińska-Mularz

About the author

Monika Szopińska-Mularz is an architect, postgraduate researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture at Rzeszow University of Technology (Poland). She holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Urbanism awarded by the University of Portsmouth (UK). After graduating from Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) in 2010 with a Master of Architecture and Urbanism degree, she practised architecture in KuP Architekten in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and ST Architekci in Rzeszow, Poland. Monika is a registered member of the Polish Chamber of Architects. In 2009, she was awarded special selection praise in the JAD International Design Competition in South Korea for creating a Soft Space as a conceptual reaction to the recent worldwide economic crisis. Her current research focus is on adaptive reuse of buildings, urban agriculture and resilient urban design. In the architectural practice, she mainly works on modernising existing building stock, adaptive reuse and landscape design.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Adaptive Reuse for Urban Food Provision

  • Book Subtitle: Repurposing Inner-city Car Parking Structures for Controlled Environment Agriculture

  • Authors: Monika Szopińska-Mularz

  • Series Title: Cities and Nature

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05210-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05209-5Published: 13 July 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05212-5Published: 14 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05210-1Published: 12 July 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2520-8306

  • Series E-ISSN: 2520-8314

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 170

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Urban Ecology

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