Homefarm
SPARK unveils Homefarm – a concept for the next
generation of retirement housing – at today’s Retirement
Living World China 2014 conference in Shanghai. The bold
conceptual project proposes the combination of apartments
and facilities for seniors with vertical urba farming. SPARK’s
aim is to generate discussion about the many potentials that
can emerg from the mixing of two typically separate realms.
The question of how to support and accommodate a
rapidly ageing population confronts man nations in Asia.
In Singapore, for example, a substantial demographic shift
is underway. By 2030, one in five Singapore residents will
be aged 65 years and over (up from 6 per cent in 1990).
The swelling proportion of seniors will place significant
demands on social, economic and infrastructural systems.
Achieving a secure food supply for growing city populations
is an equally pressing challenge for rapidly urbanising Asian
nations. This challenge is keenly felt in Singapore, a