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This chapter starts with presenting the challenges of the global and local food systems in the UK and highlights the requirement to develop a secondary food source in growing cities. The analysis of current trends in mobility and car parking in urban areas shows that we should now think about the alternative use of inner-city modern movement car parking structures, as they are becoming underused and derelict. Controlled environment agriculture is proposed as a future use for these brutalist concrete buildings. However, from the architect’s point of view, the lack of design information limits understanding of how such systems should be designed to operate efficiently. Therefore, this book aims to advance the knowledge on repurposing inner-city multi-storey garages for food production. The chapter concludes with an overview of the contents and research methodology of the book.
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