Academic
The Food Tower
2022 - Milan, Italy
How much could the food chain change if we redesigned it from the ground up? The MIND Tower begins with that question. Set in Milan's MIND district, the project rethinks the future of farming, production, and high-rise construction at once. Imagined as a vertical factory, it gathers production, processing, planning, packaging, sales, and recycling within one compact tower, reducing the chain by removing long-distance logistics and replacing it with a simple system of lifts between floors.
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How much could the food chain change if we redesigned it from the ground up? The MIND Tower begins with that question. Set in Milan's MIND district, the project rethinks the future of farming, production, and high-rise construction at once. Imagined as a vertical factory, it gathers production, processing, planning, packaging, sales, and recycling within one compact tower, reducing the chain by removing long-distance logistics and replacing it with a simple system of lifts between floors.
A research project in Milan's MIND district investigating vertical food production, timber structure, and sustainable facades.
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The project was never meant as a model for mass production. Instead, it works as a built manifesto, a way of making visible the hidden steps that feed the planet and extending the conversation opened by Expo 2015. That idea shaped the exhibition lifts, which allow visitors to move through the process and understand food production as an architectural experience. At the same time, the tower became a vehicle for architectural research, testing timber as the primary structural material while integrating a ventilated facade, solar panels, and energy studies to measure both consumption and potential savings.
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Shortlisted for Skyhive Skyscraper Challenge 2022