Golden A' Design Award Winner 2022
Vicky Chan's K Farm Urban Design presents a breathtaking interior perspective of a cylindrical vertical farming structure where the eye immediately encounters a luminous dome of transparent glazing supported by an elegant radial structural system of white-painted steel members converging toward a central oculus that floods the space with natural daylight of approximately 5500K color temperature suggesting midday illumination. The compositional architecture employs a compelling centralized radial symmetry with the circular floor pattern echoing the overhead dome geometry creating a powerful vertical axis that draws the gaze upward through multiple levels of verdant growing beds arranged in concentric tiers along the curving perimeter walls. The chromatic palette establishes a sophisticated dialogue between the pristine titanium white of the structural framework, the cerulean blue of the sky visible through transparent panels, and the verdant spectrum of cultivated greens ranging from chartreuse to viridian representing various leafy vegetables at different growth stages. The spatial construction demonstrates masterful command of curvilinear perspective with the cylindrical volume creating gentle distortion at peripheral edges while maintaining clarity at the central axis where human figures provide crucial scale reference. Four figures occupy distinct spatial zones throughout the composition: one traversing an elevated walkway in the middle ground, another tending plants at a processing station in the lower left quadrant, a third figure working amid the growing racks at right, and a fourth positioned near the ground-level entrance portal that anchors the bottom center of the frame. The lighting paradigm combines abundant natural zenithal illumination filtering through the transparent envelope with reflected light bouncing from the white structural members creating an atmosphere of crystalline clarity and optimistic brightness. The textural vocabulary contrasts the smooth industrial precision of the steel framework and glass panels against the organic irregularity of plant foliage, establishing a harmonious tension between technological infrastructure and living botanical systems. The edge treatment throughout maintains crisp definition appropriate to architectural photography while atmospheric perspective softens the distant urban towers visible through the transparent walls, providing contextual depth that situates this agricultural intervention within a dense metropolitan fabric.
K Farm challenges urban farming under extreme conditions and turns farming into natural education that people can enjoy. Because of this coastal condition along Victoria Harbour, It has innovated three types of farming to suit this specific climate. One is Hydroponics to provide weatherproof farming for in all conditions, two is aquaponics to study how fish and plants can coexist, and three is organic with various height and species to serve as inclusive farming.