How about combining a shopping mall with a farm? That's where the K11 is. This Shanghai shopping center is home to a soil free, LED lit farm producing seasonal veggies like tomatoes, eggplants, and hot peppers.

The impact of these farming methods are meant to extend beyond the confines of the site, and since we're really running out of space these days, building a farm into a shopping makes clever sense.


Visitors can catch a horticulture expert lecturing on tips and techniques for developing a domestic garden of their own and there's also opportunities to sow a few seeds in a custom planting box.


It's always nice to see some green. Even if it's going to be next to Prada. [Inhabitat]