growing community Artist Co-op Alachua County FL Critic | Martin Gold Individual Project within Masterplan Grad 3
The artist’s cooperative explores interplay of field ground and permeability, investigating a flexibility of movement between in and out and transitions between public and private. The schematic design blurs residential studios the a concept of the artist’s courtyard or garden space. The program consists of educational studios, artist’s studios, residences, market, and shared agricultural zones. Connections to the existing master plan occur at the eco-filter, playing with an idea that green space and living space can at times switch assumed positions. The agricultural production within this segment of the master plan consists largely of container gardening and community gardens of herbs, dye plants, and edible items. The permeability between personal and public space advocates a sense of community that encourages shared agricultural practices.