Arch: FoodPantry
Cornell/S2/Y2/1424
This project, located in Enfield, a town near Ithaca, is a 12,000 sqft food pantry for the local community. Working with the local community, Roy Park and I designed the Enfield food pantry. The idea comes from the wall as the initial phase of the project. A large wall is metaphorically pushed onto the site, from which programs are pushed and pulled through and along. The result is more than a food pantry; it’s a community hub. A library, classroom, gallery, and pantry all combined under one roof. The roof is designed to create ideal lighting for each program while responding to the environment and generating 150% of the pantry’s electrical needs. Angled cuts in the roof allow light to filter in during specific times based on program while maximizing solar heat gain in the winter and reducing direct lighting in the summer. Extra electricity generated by the roof goes back to the grid. The project utilizes agroforestry down the long site to grow fruit trees and herbs along major topography lines to reduce the need to water. The wall serving as the main datum of the project is negotiated in plan as well as in section. One passes through the wall to go from the pantry to the library, and one moves along the wall to go from pantry to the cafe and from the cafe down to the libarary. The entire project is encased in polycarbonate to create a space that does not need interior electric lighting during the day, and that glows at night.
Studio Professor: Peter Robinson