GARDEN OF GOTHAM

Nick Dowe

Food Deserts affect many people throughout the United States and found mostly in large cities and low-income communities. With this project, I want to help create a better system for these communities to acquire the healthy and adequate food options they need by bringing the source directly into their communities. Urban Farming can change the way these cities go about getting food and create a more efficient and effective system that could erase food deserts completely.

While architectures’ function is to provide shelter, sometimes nature prevails by pushing people out due to significant weather events, especially in coastal communities. This thesis is to construct a concept of a community center that can mitigate a significant weather event with easily repairable sections. Constructing a space to plan and aid in the rebuilding of a community.