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Idea by

Dominic Walker and Timothy Rodber

https://www.greaterlondonagriculture.com/

London, United Kingdom
Dom and Tim have worked together since their undergraduate degrees at the Sheffield University. They both completed their master’s degrees in London, and continue to work on collaborative research projects. Dom holds a master’s degree in structural engineering, and has worked at Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners and Witherford Watson Mann. Tim studied a bachelor’s degree in planning before studying architecture. He has worked at award winning practices Allies and Morrison and AOC architecture.

Call for ideas 2021

Greater London Agriculture


A regenerative food landscape for London

Greater London Agriculture


A regenerative food landscape for London
A Greater London Agriculture proposes fresh ways of eating in cities, divesting from industrialised food systems, letting global biodiversity flourish, and - almost incidentally - reducing chances of future pandemics.
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  • Systemic changes

Industrial agriculture and the livestock production have led towards habitat degradation and climate change. These have removed the firebreaks of diversity, making us increasingly at risk of emerging infectious diseases. GLA will grow a critical mass of agroecology by embedding a series of growing spaces around the city. This patchwork of productive landscapes will become connected by diverse corridors, with space for pollinators and foraging. Along the Thames, a diverse range of landscapes become part of this foodscape. We will return the food system to one which respects the natural world. With more local, resilient, seasonal food growing - both professional and casual - we can eat more delicious food, and the knock-on effects from storm management to healthcare will be profound. Almost incidentally, this new system will reduce our reliance on industrialised agriculture, allowing ecosystems to recover, biodiversity to flourish, and the threat of another pandemic to diminish.


A courtyard with growing spaces in a new innovation hub building

A school and an urban farm with shared spaces

Repurposing industrial infrastructure to form pop-up restaurants with locally grown seasonal food

A study of existing docks and jetties along the Thames

Nature and industry in the peri-urban landscape

Greater London Agriculture


A regenerative food landscape for London

Greater London Agriculture


A regenerative food landscape for London
A Greater London Agriculture proposes fresh ways of eating in cities, divesting from industrialised food systems, letting global biodiversity flourish, and - almost incidentally - reducing chances of future pandemics.
File under
Type of project
  • Systemic changes

Industrial agriculture and the livestock production have led towards habitat degradation and climate change. These have removed the firebreaks of diversity, making us increasingly at risk of emerging infectious diseases. GLA will grow a critical mass of agroecology by embedding a series of growing spaces around the city. This patchwork of productive landscapes will become connected by diverse corridors, with space for pollinators and foraging. Along the Thames, a diverse range of landscapes become part of this foodscape. We will return the food system to one which respects the natural world. With more local, resilient, seasonal food growing - both professional and casual - we can eat more delicious food, and the knock-on effects from storm management to healthcare will be profound. Almost incidentally, this new system will reduce our reliance on industrialised agriculture, allowing ecosystems to recover, biodiversity to flourish, and the threat of another pandemic to diminish.


A courtyard with growing spaces in a new innovation hub building

A school and an urban farm with shared spaces

Repurposing industrial infrastructure to form pop-up restaurants with locally grown seasonal food

A study of existing docks and jetties along the Thames

Nature and industry in the peri-urban landscape


Idea by

Dominic Walker and Timothy Rodber
London
United Kingdom
Dom and Tim have worked together since their undergraduate degrees at the Sheffield University. They both completed their master’s degrees in London, and continue to work on collaborative research projects. Dom holds a master’s degree in structural engineering, and has worked at Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners and Witherford Watson Mann. Tim studied a bachelor’s degree in planning before studying architecture. He has worked at award winning practices Allies and Morrison and AOC architecture.