由阿曼达Garris.博士'04

五位研究生团队在年度优秀的成员挑战赛中获得了第一届费城挑战，以提出下一个世纪宾夕法尼亚州特拉华河河谷的粮食安全。景观建筑学生李玉潘，陈太阳和丽思张合作与区域规划学生Akshali Gandhi和Robert Hanifin在Delaware Valley Foodworx建议中改变了小岛屿 - 一个无人居住的292英亩的岛屿，在特拉华河河 - 进入了一乡大费城地区的经济和生态安全。Their proposal included infrastructure for alternative transport including ferry, kayak and tramway, a center for urban agriculture development and education, a farmers’ market, a seed bank, and a towering sky farm (pictured above), a futuristic prototype for sustainable, vertical farming in an urban setting.