"To make fresh food easily accessible to everyone, Levia reshapes a city's abandoned spaces into vertical farmland, and uses this as the core to build a smart community ecosystem that integrates healthcare, education, and retail."
Levia Lab
The city grows its own food — transforming abandoned spaces into vertical farms where nutrients circulate endlessly.
Levia Health
If we stay healthy every day, we won’t need healthcare — data and nutrition turn prevention into a lifestyle.
Levia Learn
Nature is the best teacher. We learn by growing, observing, and caring for the city’s living ecosystem.
Levia Retail
From farm to table in 2 hours. Freshness is not a luxury — it’s everyone’s right.
User Scenario
Exploring how Levia integrates into everyday life through one family’s routine.
A DAY OF USER IN 2035
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Design Process
Process Overview
To make fresh food easily accessible to everyone, Levia reshapes a city's abandoned spaces into vertical farmland, and uses this as the core to build.
01. Problem Statement - STEEP
02. User Research
In-depth interviews and field observations
"15 stakeholders across the "upstream, midstream, and downstream" of the urban food system"
03. Persona story
Our Users : We met families, workers, new immigrants, and future farmers whose daily realities revealed five systemic barriers in today’s food ecosystem.
3 Consumers
2 Enablers
04. Design Insight
Food Tech Acceleration
Summary: Emerging food technologies make hyper-local, automated production realistic for cities.
Sustainability Momentum
Summary: Closing the loop—from waste to nutrients—creates both ecological and economic resilience.
Local Delivery Infrastructure
Summary: Rapid delivery networks open the door for fresh, near-home food access at unprecedented convenience.
05. Future Wheels Analysis
Food Tech Acceleration
Sustainability Momentum
Local Delivery Infrastructure
Likely Positive Outcomes
Likely Negative Consequences
06. Final Opportunity Directions
07. Design Concepts
Event Kitchen
Foldable units enabling group cooking anywhere.
Smart Nutrition Assistant
Wearables that recommend daily diets based on lifestyle data.
Circular Planter
Transform food waste into compostable, 3D-printable planters.
Home Farm
Transform food waste into compostable, 3D-printable planters.
Community Food Factory
Residents grow produce and exchange it for community meals.
Daily Vegetable System
This concept centers on making food visible, accessible, and circular in daily life, addressing both health and community interaction.
Fresh food should be as everyday, stable, and accessible
as water and air.
08. Final Concepts
09. Location
10. Brand Design
We Grow Together.
Where food, health, and home are planted.
LEVIA：
Transforming underused urban spaces into vertical farms, creating a smart community ecosystem where fresh, healthy food becomes accessible to everyone.
Brand Vision：
Levia envisions a future where every city has “its own farm,” bringing green and healthy food systems into the heart of concrete jungles.
Brand Values：
Environmental Responsibility
Social Equity
Technological Empowerment
Community Engagement
LOGO Design
The name Levia derives from the root Lev, meaning “Leaf” and “Layer,” symbolizing green ecology and modular vertical design.
11. Product Design
Home Grow Shelf：
A compact indoor farming unit that lets users grow herbs and greens effortlessly at home.
Pickup Locker :
A hyperlocal access point where users can collect fresh produce anytime, stocked multiple times per day.
12. APP Design
Welcome to LEVIA APP
LEVIA APP helps you track your wellness, personalize your nutrition, and access fresh hyperlocal produce—grown right in your city.
Daily Wellness Dashboard
Your biometric-powered wellness score and personalized dietary insights.
Personalized Weekly Box
A weekly produce box tailored to your health data and preferences.
Live Farm View
See exactly where and how your food grows—updated in real time.
Community Recipes
Healthy recipes and tips inspired by your weekly harvest.
Community Feed
Share meals, harvests, and experiences with your neighborhood.
Order Confirmation
Track your fresh produce delivery with real-time updates.
Business Model
Briefly Statement
Levia isn’t a concept—
It is a fully realizable system built from existing technologies, addressing a real and overlooked blue-ocean opportunity in urban food resilience.
1. Revenue Streams
2. Technology & Energy Efficiency
Eliminating the cost of environmental damage
to make fresh, healthy food affordable for everyone.
3. Industry Benchmark
Build an
asset-light, zero-mile, and transparent
distributed farming network.
4. Future Roadmap
System Launch
• Deploy modular vertical farms in repurposed parking structures and rooftops.
• Launch daily vegetable subscription and Levia App with personalized nutrition.
• Establish pilot networks with local groceries, organic markets, and community hubs.
Network Growth
• Integrate with city waste systems to convert household food waste into growing media.
• Achieve high automation across harvesting, packaging, and last-mile delivery.
• Scale the closed-loop cycle across multiple districts—production, delivery, reuse, and recovery.
City Adoption
• Fully embed Levia into community life as a neighborhood food utility.
• Establish citywide food loops where districts operate as self-sufficient hubs.
• Position Levia as essential urban infrastructure for resilience and sustainability.
