Technical Report Draft #1

Introduction

The rooftops of educational institutes in Singapore can be usually seen with vacant spaces. Such spaces can otherwise be fully utilised for human activities such as zero-acreage farming in the land constraint nation. The Little Red Dot constantly seeks for a myriad of methods to fully utilising land spaces, either by means of high rise structures, land reclamations, to even underground superstructures. However, limitations of each solutions restrict the extent of land expansion in Singapore. This is where planning ahead and the maximising land utilisation play important part to manage land space in Singapore. One such example is utilising otherwise vacant spaces such as rooftops.

Even though Singapore is land constraint, there are quite a few vacant places such as former school compounds and rooftop of highrise buildings. Our team would like to introduce zero-acreage farming to be built on these vacant spaces. Singapore is heavily dependant on imported food resources. According to AVA, Singapore imports over 90% of food from countries like Indonesia and China. In many parts of the world, food security is emerging as a serious threat. By implementing zero-acreage farming, we are potentially trying to reduce a threat and also be able to maximize the use of vacant spaces available on rooftops. The main stakeholders for the zero-acreage farming would be the SIT@Punggol’s planning committee. Through this implementation, we can bring across our messages to various students, staff as well as members of public.

Problem Statement

Vacant spaces such as rooftops of SIT@Punggol’s buildings are not fully utilised. Therefore, it is important to integrate zero-acreage food gardens in the vacant rooftops of SIT@Punggol, maximising space usage.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this report is to act on the letter of authorisation set out to develop and rationalise a plausible sustainable solution for an identified issue in Singapore to benefit her citizens. The team would like to propose to the SIT@Punggol planning committee to look into the application of zero-acreage farming techniques to fully utilise otherwise vacant rooftop spaces. The proposal hopes for SIT to be the pioneer institute to demonstrate sustainable living within the land constraint Singapore, in line with Singapore Food Agency's push for the local second food basket - local sources for food security.