Hive-Inn™ – City Farm: Fresh Food from the Sky

It’s no secret that shipping container buildings are increasingly popular around the world. Here we came across a design proposal for a shipping container hotel by a Hong Kong-based company. The Hive-Inn, designed by architects at OVA Studio, is made of recycled shipping containers that can be taken in and out of the structure depending on the hotel’s needs at the time. Hive-Inn™ City Farm is a modular farming structure where containers are designed and used as farming modules and acts as an ecosystem where each unit plays a role in producing food, harvesting energy and recycling waste and water.

The idea of this ecosystem is to bring farming down-town and grow fresh produces near their urban consumers. Containers can be owned or rented by major organic brands, local restaurants or even serve as private local gardens / kitchen gardens. They can also serve educational purposes for the neighbouring schools. Containers can be taken out, plugged-in or replaced to switch usage from farming to hotel rooms, service apartments and offices...etc. The Hive-Inn™ structure shows here another aspect of its possible uses (see Hive-Inn™ Hotel) and demonstrate its versatility. New York City was chosen as an iconic landing site for the first Hive-Inn™ City Farm, near the U.N. headquarters to symbolize the world-wide adaptability and versatility of this concept.

• Hive-Inn™ is a Hong Kong trademark and a Hive-Inn Ltd a Hong Kong start-up company that is going to handle its related businesses.
• The project creators are looking for partners worldwide to invest and/or develop the first prototype with us.

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