Tokyo office grows own food in vertical farm
Summary
TLDRThe Kisana Group's Tokyo headquarters showcases an innovative urban farming concept, integrating agriculture into the workspace for a symbiotic relationship with nature. The building features a rice paddy, hydroponic gardens, and a variety of vegetables, all grown under controlled lighting and humidity. This green initiative not only fosters a healthy working environment but also serves as an educational tool, promoting familiarity with agriculture. The fresh produce is utilized in the cafeteria, contributing to the employees' well-being and reducing the building's energy consumption through natural temperature regulation.
Takeaways
- 🌱 The Kisana Group's headquarters in Tokyo is designed to incorporate nature into the urban environment, promoting a symbiotic relationship between the building and its natural elements.
- 🌾 The building features an urban farm where rice, radishes, and a variety of vegetables are grown, contributing to a healthy working environment.
- 💡 The use of LED and high-pressure sodium lights simulate natural light for plant growth, and the building's air is controlled to create optimal growing conditions.
- 🌿 The HR company's CEO prioritizes the health of workers, believing that a green environment enhances well-being, which is reflected in the building's design.
- 🍅 The building includes a tomato guestroom where hydroponic systems are used for growing tomatoes, demonstrating innovative agricultural practices.
- 🌼 The garden serves as a familiar space for visitors, showcasing traditional Japanese vegetables and the use of mist to control humidity for plant growth.
- 🥬 Fresh produce from the garden is used in the cafeteria, providing employees with access to healthy, locally grown food.
- 🌿 The building's design includes green spaces that provide both mental and physical health benefits, such as reduced reliance on air conditioning and heating.
- 🌳 The building's exterior includes green cartons that save energy by providing natural insulation and reducing the need for artificial cooling or heating.
- 📚 The Kisana Group encourages education about agriculture, inviting students to learn about the growing process and the benefits of hydroponics.
- 🏙️ The concept of vertical farming is discussed as a potential next step for urban agriculture, with the Kisana Group serving as an example of how companies can integrate farming into their operations.
Q & A
What is the concept of the Kisana Group's headquarter building in Tokyo?
-The concept of the building is symbiosis with nature, focusing on creating a healthy working environment.
What types of crops are grown inside the Kisana Group's building?
-They grow rice, radishes, a variety of vegetables including lettuce, eggplant, corn, tomato, and okra, and also operate a hydroponic system for growing plants like tomatoes and lettuce.
How often can rice be harvested in the Kisana Group's indoor environment?
-The rice can be harvested three times a year.
What types of lighting are used for growing crops inside the building?
-They use LED lights and high-pressure sodium lights, with the white light being LED and the orange one being high-pressure sodium.
How does the Kisana Group control the environment for plant growth?
-They control the air, mist, and humidity to create optimal conditions for the plants, and they also manage the lighting to match the office's use.
What is the purpose of having a garden inside the Kisana Group's building?
-The garden serves as a familiar space for those who come to visit, connecting them with the agriculture sector.
How does the Kisana Group utilize the harvested produce?
-The harvested produce is used in the cafeteria for employees to eat, promoting a healthy diet.
What is the significance of the sprouts grown in the meeting space?
-The sprouts represent the seeds of growth and utilize the 'dead space' of the chairs, showcasing an innovative use of space.
How does the Kisana Group's approach to agriculture benefit its workers?
-The approach provides both mental and physical health benefits by surrounding workers with greenery and offering fresh produce.
What is the role of the green cartons outside the building?
-The green cartons serve as a natural air conditioner and heater, reducing the need for artificial climate control inside the building.
How does the Kisana Group encourage young people to engage in agriculture?
-They demonstrate innovative farming techniques like hydroponics and vertical gardens, aiming to inspire and educate younger generations about modern agricultural practices.
Outlines
🌱 Urban Farming in Tokyo's Kisana Group Headquarters
The script describes an innovative urban farming concept implemented at the Kisana Group's Tokyo headquarters. The building is designed to foster a symbiotic relationship with nature, emphasizing a healthy working environment. Inside, the company grows rice, radishes, and a variety of vegetables using LED and high-pressure sodium lights to simulate sunlight. The building's air and humidity are controlled to accommodate the plants' needs. The CEO prioritizes worker health, believing that a green environment contributes positively. The script also mentions a garden growing traditional Japanese vegetables, controlled mist systems, and the use of hydroponics for growing plants like tomatoes and lettuce. The produce is used in the cafeteria, offering fresh, healthy food to employees. The concept extends to using office space for plant growth, with lighting adjusted according to office use, demonstrating a commitment to sustainability and health.
🌼 Embracing Vertical Farming and its Benefits
The second paragraph delves into the benefits of vertical farming, as practiced within the Kisana Group's building. It discusses the use of space for sprouting seeds without the need for artificial light, and the subsequent growth of these plants in the restaurant area. The vertical farming system is highlighted as a means to provide a healthy diet, especially for those who might not consume enough vegetables. The building's exterior greenery is also mentioned, explaining how it contributes to energy savings by providing shade in summer and reducing the need for air conditioning or heating. The script touches on the challenges faced by the aging farming population in Japan and how the Kisana Group encourages young people to engage in agriculture. Hydroponics is presented as an efficient and bug-resistant method of farming. The reception area's vertical gardens with pumpkins and cucumbers illustrate the potential for urban agriculture. The script concludes by contemplating the future of vertical farming in cities, suggesting it could be a significant step towards local food production, though acknowledging the challenges and steps required for widespread adoption.
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Keywords
💡Tokyo
💡Kisana Group
💡Symbiosis
💡Hydroponics
💡Healthy Working Environment
💡Lighting
💡Vertical Farming
💡Agricultural Familiarity
💡Sustainability
💡Humidity Control
💡Local Food Production
Highlights
The Kisana Group's Tokyo headquarters is designed to create a symbiotic relationship with nature, providing a healthy working environment.
The building incorporates urban farming with rice paddies and vegetable gardens, contributing to a greener environment.
Use of LED and high-pressure sodium lights for growing rice indoors, three times a year.
Control of air and mist to simulate natural conditions for plant growth inside the building.
The CEO of a personal group HR company prioritizes worker health and well-being through a green environment.
The building's garden grows traditional Japanese vegetables, including lady's finger, controlled by humidity.
The indoor garden includes okra, lettuce, eggplant, corn, and tomato, all grown with hydroponics.
The garden serves as an educational space for visitors to understand agriculture.
Tomatoes are grown in a guestroom setting with hydroponics, surprising visitors with the building's capabilities.
The building's lettuce is grown in the same environment as the office, sharing lighting and space.
Freshly harvested vegetables are served in the cafeteria, promoting a healthy diet for employees.
The building's green cartons outside contribute to energy savings by providing natural insulation.
After an earthquake, the rice paddy was renovated for safety and to use less electricity.
Different colored lights affect the growth and appearance of plants, as demonstrated by the lettuce.
The Kisana Group encourages young people to engage in agriculture through innovative farming methods.
Hydroponic farming is highlighted as a water-efficient and bug-free alternative to traditional soil farming.
Vertical gardens and skyscrapers are discussed as potential future steps for urban farming in dense cities.
The Kisana Group's vertical farming is not for commercial sale but to familiarize people with agriculture.
Transcripts
if you work in Tokyo there's less chance
to we exposed in nature
so it's great to have work place like
this mirror over Tokyo
here is the headquarter of kisana group
and the hair you see the vice body okay
this is our urban fund a farm inside
yeah in the building
the concept of the building as symbiosis
with nature their first concept is
healthy working environment we grow rice
here and the raddest over there and grow
up a lot of vegetables on the in
the inside the building this is a light
body that we planted and we can harvest
the rice three times a year and as we
grow up this rice inside the building we
use that LTE light and the high high
pressure sodium light the white wine as
LTE and orange one is the high pressure
sodium ramp and we control the air to
make the wind
as the personal group is the HR company
our CEO thought the most important thing
is the health of the workers he thought
environment surrounded by green will be
good for his workers health and this is
the garden and the now we grows opera
Japanese traditional vegetable but it's
got the lady's finger and we control the
mist like this she control the humidity
yeah inside the building might be too
dry for grownup and we cannot just hate
of lights depend on the growth of the
plants
now we grow up okra but we used to have
like kind of lettuce and the ambulances
and the eggplant corn and corn again in
tomato and eggplant
this garden is for whoever comes to pass
on the curb feel familiar to the
agriculture sector this is the tomato
guestroom and we grab tomato here and we
grow tomato with hydroponics so you see
water here
it's the reaction to two guests here
how many of them is surprised to see
they can't imagine buildings like this
from that why Green located middle of
Tokyo and this is the midst of a factory
and we can grow lettuce here as it's
inside the building bigger applicable
regardless of the weather
this wine has also hydroponics so it's
water
the weaker harvest let this for like 30
days to 40 days so the first one is like
this and then become bigger and bigger
but basically our concept is the growing
plants inside the office in that in the
same same environment as office so if
office is not used for example at night
we also turn off the lights for
vegetables too so basically the use of
light is same as the normal office yeah
in the morning we turn off the light and
for night we turn off it
and the latest harvested from here can
eaten at a cafeteria on the last hour
sorry Emperor can eat the fresh
vegetables
I come forward is free meeting space for
Emperor II and the fun part of this
flower is it's the seed of sprouts
because they don't need the lights for
sprouting so we use the dead space of
the chair and after they sprouted we
move there and make them bigger and here
we grow harvest this is all used in the
restaurant I like material yeah well we
have eight we have oranges there now for
example like people who lived alone they
don't eat much vegetables we serve
vegetables harvested here for lunch they
can take as much as they want so I think
that one of the healthy point of this is
Spain
so this building is both mentally and
physically healthier for the workers
here's the green cartons that we have
outside the building
the leaves falls off in the wind
that doesn't like go into the world
on the other hand in summer the leaves
grow up and the cutters and lights go
into the building and then we save the
electricity we don't use that air
conditioner or heater
after the earthquake we have to cut the
electricity so we stopped the rice body
as we used a lot of electricity and we
renewed this rice paddy last year but
now we use LTE right for safety and
electricity energy this plant are
planted at the same time but they grow
differently bent on the color of lights
the let one girls up quickly and a blue
one the shape of leaf is the best one
and their dream
helps to make vivid color sometimes
students from elementary school or high
school welcome to study things like
growing process of the visible as the
people who who are doing the farming in
Japan getting older and the older so the
farmers are getting older yeah yeah so
for some a group encourage the young
people to start the farm in venture and
the way we help the young youngers doing
the agricultural thing we grow up these
vegetables with hydroponics it is less
water is that pretty efficient yeah
with soil there will be more bugs but if
it's water we can prevent a bug
here at the reception we have pumpkins
here and here we have cucumbers in the
silver box with put the soil this one
soil people talk about having vertical
gardens look taking entire skyscrapers
in cities like Hong Kong mm-hmm Tokyo in
order to grower for more locally do you
see that as sort of a next step that
could happen it will be great that a lot
of companies do things like this but mmm
I think it takes many more steps people
doing vertical farming like this even we
we grow up vegetables but it's not for
selling as we're we're not the grocery
store we we grow our vegetables just
full thing for make feel familiar to the
agriculture sector
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