Architecture firm Studio Gang has broken ground on the Marlboro Agricultural Education Center in southern Brooklyn, USA, which will be topped with a greenhouse.
Earlier this week, New York City officials announced the beginning of construction on the Marlboro Agricultural Education Center at the Marlboro Housing Project in Gravesend on land under the authority of the public housing body the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
The 9,000 square-foot centre will add facilities for the growing of food ? most noticeably in a massive gabled greenhouse that tops the entirety of the slender structure ? and be operated by American NGO The Campaign Against Hunger.
The greenhouse portion will hold facilities to grow plants and cultivate fish, while the ground floor will contain a teaching kitchen and a sheltered market to operate during the city's cold winters. Studio Gang has designed an agricultural centre for Brooklyn
"We're proud to have partnered with the City of New York to design a building that empowers and provides for its neighborhood through urban agriculture," said Studio Gang founding partner Jeanne Gang.
"I am hopeful that the Marlborough Agricultural Education Center will serve as a model for how our cities can address food insecurity, promote access to healthy food, and ultimately increase equity."

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