This unique design provides luxury living for your fine-feathered friends.
From basil to chickens, urban farmers are transforming the urban landscape. Although many urban agriculture solutions come at a price more akin to a trip to the farmer's market, this urban home for city fowl has a $3,500 price tag.
The Chicken Co-op, designed by James Ramsey of RAAD Studio in Manhattan, boasts efficient use of materials, quick and easy installation and solar-powered fans to keep your cluckers cool.
The Chicken Co-op is definitely an exercise in excess, but Mr. Ramsey seems to be in on the joke.
“It’s a Modernist, high-end chicken coop,” Mr. Ramsey said. “It’s like the condo craze of two years ago, except you’re building this luxury condominium for chickens.”
We've reported on chicken coops great for spacious living but do any of you fellow urbanites have your own, maybe more affordable, DIY designs for urban chicks?
Source: New York Times
Category: Art + Design, Food + Drink, Gardening, News | Tags: backyard chickens, chicken coop, DIY, urban farming
About the Author:
Karen MacKay is an industrial designer and glass artist currently focusing her work on urban agriculture solutions and habits for urban wildlife. Karen’s interest in art began as early as her first memories. Throughout high school and college she explored various mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture and glass blowing. In 2002 Karen graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a BA in Philosophy and recently graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Master of Industrial Design. Since an early age, Karen has maintained a passionate relationship with both art and nature. She loves to spend time in the outdoors, usually with her dog Abbey. As a designer, her expertise in sustainable design integrates her passion for all things natural and her insatiable desire to create. Karen has worked as a sustainability consultant to various design and architecture firms and is currently continuing to develop a vertical farming device for in-home use.
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