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Farmers Market
Farmers Market
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
Borrowing from the Rocky Mountains
If you can’t go to the Mountain, let the Mountain come to the city!
Based on this premise, the project presented here has selected one of
the best pieces from the Rocky Mountains and transported it down to the high
plains where Denver
is located. What will happen to a modern skyline when an irregular, but
perfectly recognizable, silhouette of a mountain is inserted? We think it will
serendipitously inter-relate the various urban centers as well as the city and
the vistas beyond. This concept of the future Farmers’ Market building aspires
to provide the city of Denver
with an emblematic figure which puts the grey of the city in touch with the green
of outlying landscapes. Thus, the façade is a
blooming green hill while the sensation inside the Market is that of relaxing
under a leafy tree in the middle of a forest. The main area is totally flexible, resembling a campground
before the tents are set up: a quiet empty space in the woods awaiting a
potential variety of campsites depending on the needs of each event. The Farmers’ Market is a living
building as well, effectively producing its own energy by day, taking in water from
the skies for its own use and illuminating itself by night.
Clean Open Space under Green Shade
Fixed Architecture
The slope of the hill is calculated according to studies of climate
conditions (wind, sun, rainfall, etc.) in the area. The building is very
simple. It is an empty space enclosed by two natural walls made of wood
partitions. The front and back accesses, however, are made of glass to allow passers-by
to glance into the interior. Moreover, the
back wall is actually a double glass wall accomplishing two simultaneous purposes. First it filters light into
the interior, thus harmonizing and softening the view to the southern alley and,
secondly, the space created houses the enclosed area from which all the events
in the main area of the Market are directed and supervised
from above.The cover, like the leaves of a tree
sheltering the ground beneath it, is a combination of a live green roof -
composed of a variety of ground cover plants that change color with the seasons
– and a technical roof consisting of small skylights, fiber optic LEDs that
light up at night and minimal solar panels on the slopes facing south. The roof
structure will also collect rainfall to be used to water plants in the Market
as well as for plumbing in the bathroom and staff room. Technical flooring
allows for all potential electrical and cable needs in the main hall. The
basement functions as the roots of the building in that it feeds the main space
with all sorts of opportunities to grow and transform. It is a well-organized
space including the storage of furniture of various types and sizes which can
be elevated to the main hall on the elevation platform at one end of the
building.
Flexible architecture
The interior space in the market offers countless organizational
opportunities depending on the combinations of pieces of furniture stored in
the basement:
Chairs: 220
Tables: 36
Counters: 16
Bins (with interior components): 22
Platforms: 4
Stands: 4
Stairs: 24
Ceiling Partitions: 12
24 ft. Wall Units: 4
18 ft. Wall Units: 6
12 ft. Wall Units: 6
Hanging Flower Pots: 22
Electrical Equipment
Lighting Equipment
Gardening Equipment
Maintenance Equipment
The space can be shaped horizontally by means of walls, counters, bins
and tables or, vertically, with platforms, retractable seating systems, etc.
Volume can be adjusted or modified by adding ceiling partitions at the required
heights. Personnel attending bins are able to see each other at all times in
any of the organizational settings. In the basement there is a workshop where
maintenance of furniture and installations is performed and new furnishings
built as the need arises. Planted
pots or other elements can hang from the metallic structure to accommodate
various spatial concepts or to manipulate interior climate conditions. Water collection, storage and distribution devices
from the roof are multi-directional to ensure conservation of water in
cleaning, bathroom plumbing, roof irrigation, etc. The sides of the roof
can be opened to regulate ventilation and temperature of the greenhouse-like
interior.
If you can’t go to the Mountain, let the Mountain come to the city!
Based on this premise, the project presented here has selected one of
the best pieces from the Rocky Mountains and transported it down to the high
plains where Denver
is located. What will happen to a modern skyline when an irregular, but
perfectly recognizable, silhouette of a mountain is inserted? We think it will
serendipitously inter-relate the various urban centers as well as the city and
the vistas beyond. This concept of the future Farmers’ Market building aspires
to provide the city of Denver
with an emblematic figure which puts the grey of the city in touch with the green
of outlying landscapes. Thus, the façade is a
blooming green hill while the sensation inside the Market is that of relaxing
under a leafy tree in the middle of a forest. The main area is totally flexible, resembling a campground
before the tents are set up: a quiet empty space in the woods awaiting a
potential variety of campsites depending on the needs of each event. The Farmers’ Market is a living
building as well, effectively producing its own energy by day, taking in water from
the skies for its own use and illuminating itself by night.
Clean Open Space under Green Shade
Fixed Architecture
The slope of the hill is calculated according to studies of climate
conditions (wind, sun, rainfall, etc.) in the area. The building is very
simple. It is an empty space enclosed by two natural walls made of wood
partitions. The front and back accesses, however, are made of glass to allow passers-by
to glance into the interior. Moreover, the
back wall is actually a double glass wall accomplishing two simultaneous purposes. First it filters light into
the interior, thus harmonizing and softening the view to the southern alley and,
secondly, the space created houses the enclosed area from which all the events
in the main area of the Market are directed and supervised
from above.The cover, like the leaves of a tree
sheltering the ground beneath it, is a combination of a live green roof -
composed of a variety of ground cover plants that change color with the seasons
– and a technical roof consisting of small skylights, fiber optic LEDs that
light up at night and minimal solar panels on the slopes facing south. The roof
structure will also collect rainfall to be used to water plants in the Market
as well as for plumbing in the bathroom and staff room. Technical flooring
allows for all potential electrical and cable needs in the main hall. The
basement functions as the roots of the building in that it feeds the main space
with all sorts of opportunities to grow and transform. It is a well-organized
space including the storage of furniture of various types and sizes which can
be elevated to the main hall on the elevation platform at one end of the
building.
Flexible architecture
The interior space in the market offers countless organizational
opportunities depending on the combinations of pieces of furniture stored in
the basement:
Chairs: 220
Tables: 36
Counters: 16
Bins (with interior components): 22
Platforms: 4
Stands: 4
Stairs: 24
Ceiling Partitions: 12
24 ft. Wall Units: 4
18 ft. Wall Units: 6
12 ft. Wall Units: 6
Hanging Flower Pots: 22
Electrical Equipment
Lighting Equipment
Gardening Equipment
Maintenance Equipment
The space can be shaped horizontally by means of walls, counters, bins
and tables or, vertically, with platforms, retractable seating systems, etc.
Volume can be adjusted or modified by adding ceiling partitions at the required
heights. Personnel attending bins are able to see each other at all times in
any of the organizational settings. In the basement there is a workshop where
maintenance of furniture and installations is performed and new furnishings
built as the need arises. Planted
pots or other elements can hang from the metallic structure to accommodate
various spatial concepts or to manipulate interior climate conditions. Water collection, storage and distribution devices
from the roof are multi-directional to ensure conservation of water in
cleaning, bathroom plumbing, roof irrigation, etc. The sides of the roof
can be opened to regulate ventilation and temperature of the greenhouse-like
interior.
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