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>>11730138
So make southern facing terraces. Use the inner parts of each terrace for plants that don't like a lot of direct sunlight. Use water features and bounce boards on flat surfaces to spread as much ambient light through the area as possible. Cover the rest of the building in solar collectors and make the hollow core of the structure several large gravity batteries that get winched up during the day, and slowly lower over night turning a flywheel to generate some power for artificial lighting and pumping water up to the top of the building over night.
Depending on how air tight you want to make each level you could also be really efficient with your water usage.