Afifah Abdullah  |  RIBA Part II

Project Location: Digbeth, Birmingham

The area of Digbeth in the city of Birmingham is currently undergoing re-development with plans in works under the Curzon HS2 Masterplan. This sees a re-development of the area to allow for growth in different industries such as the creative, retail, business, etc. This projects aids and shares the same vision of the Birmingham development plan. Digbeth was an area formerly known for its industrial nature.

The site is located by the former Typhoo Tea Factory, sitting alongside the Typhoo Canal where there sits a vacant factory that once was occupied by a Weighing Scale manufacturing company. Project The Greenhouse is a hub in the city dedicated to using a vertical farm technology to grow crops for the purpose of commercialisation and spreading education on healthy eating to the general public. Crops grown in The Greenhouse is then sold at a market space within the building that is open to local enterpreneurs, especially young start ups who seek for a platform to commercialise their products. The Greenhouse will also include residential units aimed towards the young professionals demographic, and also flexible incubator spaces in the hopes of integrating its use with the Steam House, a knowledge and start up hub, a development adjacent to the site.