food farm is an agronomic estate that the smell circulates
the users through the space
Syracuse, New York, US
Program_ farm/venue space/greenhouse/office
The food farm is simulated as a place where farmers, the visually impaired, and those that come from different backgrounds can all be comfortably greeted through the cognizant use of louvers and ramps. Resting on a vast site, the food farm values the wind and sun as a mode to arbitrate the design.
The linear rhythm of how the patrons maneuver around the space is defined by the sequence_ resource>produce>consume>dispose. Since there is a scarcity of trees and fuzzy shrubs on the terrain, the estate necessitates more discipline in its control of wind. With the prevailing winds coming from the SW, the programs with the most tenacious stench (ie_ room of rubbish) are situated at the far NE and co. Louvers are then formally employed to manipulate the breeze and aroma trail through the estate, revealing the program of the space depending on the smell. In its placement on site, the greenhouse and farm draws in the most sunlight regularly.
digital render_
Accrediting Rem Koolhaas' Maison à Bordeaux, France, in its meticulous craft of the elevator platform that levitates and moves between floor and its dexterity to transform to partake in varied spaces. Food farm stresses agronomy in which loosely assigns each doing (resource>produce>consume>dispose) to a designated programmatic volume. The banquet hall is detailed in which a shift of floor plate is rendered to allow patrons to recognize the production occurring in the kitchen (that sits directly below the banquet hall).
physical build_
In reference to ADA Standards for Accessible Design, ramps characterizes the food farm in its play on the site's topography. Embedding programs onto the ramps create a state of unison, where the ramps become part of the designs rather than an afterthought. The farm is also excavated, allowing for a steady slope to aid those in wheelchairs to have access to the green field.
s15_ 6 weeks design
Professor, Yutaka Sho of GA Collaborative