Securing $100,000 in funding to deploy custom modular growing pods at UBC Farm and Orchard Commons—turning campus spaces into living demonstrations of hyperlocal, low-carbon food production.

Canada's only monthly design publication covers the initiative in its May 2026 issue.

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada recognizes the initiative's work on how architecture and urban systems can respond to climate pressure.

Peer-reviewed in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems — comparing three farm types against building standards to align urban agriculture with lifecycle sustainability.

The flagship report on how buildings can grow food, cut emissions, and close resource loops — the foundation the rest of this work builds on.

Presented at the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. Full paper (PDF).

Peer-reviewed research in the Journal of Architectural Engineering. Abstract open; full text via ASCE Library.

A video walkthrough of the research and the thinking behind circular, food-producing buildings.

A contribution from the Government of Canada's Agricultural Clean Technology Program, backing the next phase of the work.