The Green House Part 1 Project 2019 Pierson Hopgood University for the Creative Arts | UK The inspiration for The Green House evolved during a trip to Budapest in January 2019. Research highlighted that Hungary was once the second largest exporter of produce in the world thanks to its continental climate. However national investment in industrial growth resulted in the decline of rural and agricultural industries. Today this has increased the need for Hungary to import goods, negatively impacting on its national carbon footprint. The fundamental purpose of the building is to provide a natural ecosystem; a celebration of life providing freshly grown and produced goods and green spaces for socialising within an urban setting.At the heart of the building are the vertical growing farms producing fruit and vegetables. A natural ecosystem is created by using populations of endangered fish from the Danube river and native bees integral to the process of pollination. Goods are distributed to the restaurant, market, juice bar, botanical garden and classrooms. The materiality of the building was inspired by classical greenhouse architecture with steel and glass contributing to idyllic growing spaces. Materials such as rammed earth dyed with natural vegetable pigments such as beetroot and turmeric create an artisan, bespoke aesthetic whilst lessening the environmental impact. Tutor(s) Hester Buck Sam McElhinney