This Sustainable House Has An Aquaponic System That Connects A Pond For Edible Fish & A Rooftop Garden!
The rooftop is made from steel planter beds that provide deep soil for native plants and fruit and vegetables
By Chi Thukral
Yanko Design
09/13/2021
Excerpt:
The original window openings have been framed in pre-rusted steel and juxtaposed with new openings framed in gloss white powder coat steel which adds a wonderful then-and-now element. A black photovoltaic panel array on the northern façade harnesses sunlight throughout the day and acts as a billboard for the sustainability in the architectural structure which is a contrast to the original heritage facade. The rooftop is made from steel planter beds that provide deep soil for native plants and fruit and vegetables. The garden beds are irrigated from the fishpond providing nutrient-rich water created by the edible silver perch (fish)!
Architecture should be more than beautiful: it should generate and store power; harvest and recycle water; help produces food; have systems to recycle and reuse the waste it produces if we are to use our industry as a weapon against the climate crisis. We need an architecture that nourishes the mind, body, and soul; where landscape, food, nature, garden, environment, energy, waste, water, and beauty exist symbiotically – something that the Welcome To The Jungle House is a shining example of.
