Lydford Estate Rooftop Greenhouse

 

The Lydford Estate in W9 offers 5,000sqm of potential productive area over 13 blocks. A&f developed an exploratory rooftop retrofit concept including social initiatives designed to encourage community cohesion using food literacy as a vehicle.



The model explored included the following components :

 

• Food waste collection and processing via unitised anaerobic digestion, supplying biogas, heat and electricity to the estate and liquid nutrient solutions to the horticultural operation.

• ​Solid digestate from the AD will be commodified and sold or used in basement mushroom production facilities in unused garages.

• Rainwater harvesting and UV treatment for use in horticultural operation or as supplemental greywater.

• Resurrection of community grocer within the existing community hall, complemented by a community kitchen used as a preserves factory, cooking school and event space.