MATERIALS
CONCEPT & CLIENT
MILL STREET
SEED MARKET
FOOD LITERACY CENTRE
The Mill Street Seed Market is a public building located in Eugene, Oregon, that works to support food literacy in the community. At 7000 sq. ft., this building provides a variety of spaces and tools that encourage education and growth for Eugeneans and members of surrounding rural communities.
FLOOR PLAN
This project is a one floor building that offers a variety of spaces to support the education of community members. A classroom, workpods, meeting room, training kitchen, tool library, book & seed borrowing, workroom, washrooms, staff space, and community garden are included. The central hallway within the space works to maximize orientation and wayfinding, and glazing ensures natural light reaches each space.
REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
To embrace an industrial style the main circulation spaces incorporate exposed ceilings painted black with suspended lighting. Areas requiring privacy and acoustic properties have acoustic wood panelled ceilings. While some areas including the training kitchen are drywalled to ensure fire safety and a modern design. Metal sheeting was used in the reception to create interest and focus while raised brick planters are incorporated throughout various rooms to incorporate nature and create harmony throughout.
ELEVATIONS
The elevations were created with autocad and rendered using photoshop and procreate. Showcasing some of the key millwork areas, these elevations demonstrates how a consistent colour palette was used to create branding and harmony throughout the spaces, while creating differentiation through varying applications.
MATERIALS
A variety of materials were selected for this project that enforce the design of the space. A colour palette of black, white, grey, wood tones, and brick are used throughout the entire building for branding and cohesion; however, a variety of materials and textures are used to create variation and differentiation.
PERSPECTIVES
The perspectives were developed using sketchup, enscape and procreate, and show two of the main spaces within the building: the workroom and the reception.
Located at the west end of the building this is a space for visitors to learn, research, read, and work. Large windows provide views of the outdoor patio and community garden, and indoor planters connect users to nature. A variety of seating options are provided in this space as well as computer stations, ensuring community members have the resources required to develop knowledge on food insecurity and proper techniques to combat it.
This perspective represents the first impression that visitor's will have upon entering the building. Planters located under the glass classroom wall on the left are rentable for community members to grow produce and the reception desk houses the seeding borrowing station. The use of natural tones and plant life mixed with industrial materials and modern design gives arriving visitors an immediate sense of the project's style.
Located at the west end of the building this is a space for visitors to learn, research, read, and work. Large windows provide views of the outdoor patio and community garden, and indoor planters connect users to nature. A variety of seating options are provided in this space as well as computer stations, ensuring community members have the resources required to develop knowledge on food insecurity and proper techniques to combat it.
