Sarnies Hydroponics Farm

Sarnies' main bakery and central kitchen — which supplies their other outlets — sits below an unused rooftop balcony. The brief was simple: find a way to make that empty space produce food.

I chose hydroponics rather than soil-based beds. On a rooftop, soil is heavy, it holds water, and it can clog drainage and block the systems below. A hydroponic setup is lighter, cleaner, and better suited to the constraints of a balcony.

From there it was a matter of working out the design, sourcing the right suppliers, and getting the system built. The next stage is running workshops and training so the kitchen staff can manage and harvest the farm themselves — the aim is for it to be theirs to run, not something dependent on me.