Urban Vertical Farming
Year: 2024
Location: Sovidor Train Station, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Course: Technological studio, Technion Institute of Technology, Israel.
Planners: Yuval Ehud & Dafna Yehezkel
Instructor: Architect Or Regev
Tel Aviv Sovidor Station is the second-largest train station in Israel today with 13.5 million passengers annually. It houses six platforms and almost all of the Israeli train lines pass through it.
This project aims to reimagine the circulation in the existing station, using hydroponic vertical farming as a guiding element in space. It does so with the minimal possible intervention in the existing train station structure.
The project creates a situation of “consumption on the way” for the passengers to purchase while passing through the station.
Existing State
Existing Station Entrances
New Site Plan
Circulation Through the Station
Existing Circulation
New Circulation
Section A - A
Development of the New Form
Section B - B
The Modular "Green Panel"
Hydroponic farming uses water as the base for the vegetation. The modular panel we have devised steers the water through the system in a way that conserves water with inner circulation, while allowing the detachment of specific panels for maintenance without disrupting the rest of the system.
Construction and water circulation
