Author Archives: chris

Welcome to Farm Veritcal

Posted on August 4, 2010 by chris

My name is Chris Jacobs and I’m a designer living in Los Angeles. I design Vertical Farms for fun and most of all, to help Dr. Dickson Despommier to bring his vision to reality. My Vertical Farm design, created in … Continue reading →

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Article written about Chris Jacobs and Vertical Farming

Posted on October 14, 2009 by chris

This fantastic article was published by and written by Green and Save and written by Steve Surman. Having had an article written about my involvement with the Vertical Farm movement was very flattering, and helped to shed some light on … Continue reading →

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New Rendering of Orignal Vertical Farm

Posted on October 14, 2009 by chris

The classic circular Vertical Farm design in a desert surrounding. All deliveries as well as the entrance are underground. Bottom floor of this farm would be a Produce Market. Modeled and rendered by Dean Fowler. Design, Chris Jacobs and Dean … Continue reading →

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Lumigrow Lighting System

Posted on October 14, 2009 by chris

This amazing new light from San Francisco based LumiGrow Inc. is quickly becoming the industry standard for high tech LED horticulture lighting solutions. I’ve read on many blogs and threads that this lighting system is very effective. The company has … Continue reading →

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Sonotube Aeroponic System

Posted on October 14, 2009 by chris

If a Sonotube could be fully waterproofed, then this system could work. Here’s a quickie design I banged out in Rhino – a 3d app I use.

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New Vertical Farm Design for Los Angeles Area

Posted on September 19, 2008 by chris

New Designs as of September 19 08 originally presented to the Mindshare group at www.mindshare.la in Los Angeles. Special thanks to Dean Fowler for his help in modeling and rendering (and design help) the “black” building…soon to be GREEN! These … Continue reading →

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Original Concept Designs

Posted on July 21, 2008 by chris

Here are some conceptual designs that were developed prior to the Vertical Farm published in the NYtimes.com article. …and one with Vegitation:

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New York Magazine writes about the Vertical Farm

Posted on July 15, 2008 by chris

This is a truncated version of this website article…originally published in New York Magazine (April 2007). This article started the Vertical Farm revolution.

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Magazines that have published and written about the circular Vertical Farm

Posted on July 15, 2008 by chris

The Circular Vertical Farm designed by Chris Jacobs was, in fact, the first attempt to design a “Vertical” farm from scratch. According to Dickson Despommier, The Living Tower, designed by Pierre Sartoux actually wasn’t originally designed to be a Vertical … Continue reading →

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vertical Design Structure Studies

Posted on October 16, 2007 by chris

Here are a few renderings of a new Vertical Farm design that would have a glass shell (not yet rendered) with an outside structure to support the inside hydroponic facilities. These are just rough design sketches – as the final … Continue reading →

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