LOCAL FARM HAT Kobe Nadanohama
Kobe (灘区), Japan · Operator: 株式会社ファクティブ（LOCAL FARM）
Overview
A smart rental farm on the HAT Kobe Nadanohama multi-storey car-park roof, turning municipal housing infrastructure into urban growing space.
Citizen participation
Smart rental plots on a municipal housing car-park rooftop, with tools and app support; about a 7-minute walk from Hanshin Iwaya. Waitlist when full.
Operating model
Private operation of unused municipal housing rooftop space in partnership with the city housing bureau; plot fees.
Impact
Shows strong inner-city allotment demand and a model for multifunctional use of municipal housing rooftops.
Land tenure
Use of municipal housing car-park rooftop
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
市営HAT神戸・灘の浜4番館北側立体駐車場屋上。4㎡／6㎡区画
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