Kasvattamo
Is growing food hundreds of kilometers away from where we live the only option, or could we instead depend on a diet that is locally grown? Could we improve the quality of disused spaces by using the urban voids for growing food, becoming more self-sufficient and responsible for what we consume and leave behind? What if our buildings replicated the cycles of life?
‘Kasvattamo’, which can be roughly translated as ‘Growery’, was a temporary installation at the courtyard of the Helsinki City Museum engaging the people of Helsinki and especially the youth with the concepts of urban farming. The structure kept growing throughout the summer together with the plants inhabiting it and by the end of the harvest season was dismantled and reused at Dodo NGO’s headquarters ‘Turntable’.
Photographed by Aki Markkanen
In collaboration with Joonas Parviainen, Ella Prokkola, Completed as ROOH studio (Former founding partners)
