Gardens in the sky — Episode 2: Though it may be an American fantasy, it's a Chinese reality

I read with much interest Bina Venkataraman's article in yesterday's New York Times Science section about planned self-sustaining buildings where people will grow their own food, figuring she'd be certain to touch on the project currently going up in Wuhan, China (above and below) — but she didn't.

I mean, how is it possible for me to know something, what with only the support of my crack research team, when the mighty Gray Lady and its minions don't?

Doesn't compute.

Here's a reprise of my February 29, 2008 post.
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New Chinese apartment tower incorporates trellised hydroponic gardens for each unit

Designed by architects David Knafo and Tagit Klimor of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, it's going up in Wuhan, China.

Each unit in the apartment tower comes with its own 100-square-foot trellised hydroponic garden, expected to yield "... a significant amount of organic vegetables
year-round for a family of four.
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Here's a link to a slide show of hypothetical green buildings; it accompanied the Times article.