+Neighborhood-Scale BOX!: Capuchin Service Center The Capuchin Service Center, run by the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, is a neighborhood-scale community center providing services for people throughout the Eastside. On this site is an urban farm where food is grown for sale or donations to needy families. Other site amenities include public toilets, laundry facilities, a playground, and a place for market vendors to sell goods. A lamella structure pavilion will be utilized to create a large, covered gathering area to provide the Capuchin Monks with an outdoor area for church services, classes, or potlucks. The lamella pavilion can be easily converted to a greenhouse with the agricultural planters moved to its interior. A new roof structure utilizing the panel system component is placed overtop the existing adjacent, abandoned building, increasing the amount of surface area that collects rainwater. The long wall that faces the intervention will be the canvas for a community mural. The interior of the building could be utilized by transforming it into a permanent neighborhood market or even a shelter for the homeless.
capuchin service center: distributes food + clothing to families in need
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