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Database research record2022·Qatar

Educational Frameworks for Designing Regenerative Food Systems in the Arabian Gulf

Anna Grichting

Urban Farm DB summary

This teaching experience, conducted over seven years at Qatar University, addressed the challenge of food production in desert regions within graduate and undergraduate architecture and urbanism courses. Students designed productive architectural and urban landscapes through vertical farming, community gardening, and urban farms, among other methods. Outcomes included an increase in the integration of food production systems into student projects and a vision for Qatar University as an "edible campus."