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The Vanishing Farm
PrizeHonorable Mention in Landscape Architecture / Conceptual Landscape
University/SchoolUniversity College London
Lead ArchitectYue Zhang
Future food security is at risk due to urbanization and soil contamination. Microplastics (MPs), widespread in ecosystems and particularly in farmland, pose a threat to all life forms (Xu et al., 2020). This project uses Beddington Farmlands—a former landfill near a sewage plant—as a test site to study plant uptake of MPs. Contaminated plants will be repurposed into bioplastics, aiming to reduce plastic pollution and promote healthier food systems.