Darian Lavine - Capstone Book

MIXED USE URBAN FARM

Mixed-Use Urban Farm Center Senior Capstone Project 2021 Location: Southwark / London, UK Professors: Helen Lee and Mike Kellar

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

5-18

RESEARCH + PROGRAMMING

19-32

33-45

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

RESEARCH + PROGRAMMING

PROJECT OVERVIEW Mixed-use spaces have the abiltiy to provide a variety of resources to a community within one building. This mixed-use urban farm space will create an environment that allows community members to create their own opportunities to prosper through producing healthy food, access to co-working, retail, educaton, and housing.

PROBLEM STATEMENT: Cities are regarded as places where opportunity abounds for everything from career advancment to self discovery; however, cities have not reached their full potential. Divided by disparities in education, healthy food access, and income, cities must work to develop opportunities for all.

SOLUTION STATEMENT: Create a community-minded space that functions as a hub for urban agriculture, personal and social development, and sustainability by establishing a mixed-use urban farm hub tailored to the needs of its community.

HISTORY AND BENEFITS OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS Early cities adopt the same priciples of mixed uses, high density, and limited transportation as populations expand.

15TH CENTURY

Medieval villages are the earliest examples of mixed use, as all basic needs were within walking distance and contained within city walls.

16TH CENTURY

Mixed-use developments are gaining traction again as opportunities for sustainable design.

1916

As populations rise, cities start implementing the separation of space types. Zoning laws are introduced in New York.

Today

Other benfits that have emerged from mixed-use development:

Spur economic growth

Use of existing infrastructure

Prevents urban sprawl

Fosters community

The idea here is that a mixed-use space can be tailored to the needs of it’s community to maximize it’s beneficial nature.

SO... WHY AN URBAN FARM? Improving access to healthy food

Many low-income communities lack access to vendors that sell affordable, healthy food. This affects the overall health of a community - but the presence of urban farming gives people autonomy over their food consuption.

Improving Economic Health

Urban farms create jobs, provide training and skill development, save families money on food, and attract new businesses.

Encourage Sustainability

Urban farms can reduce heat island effects in cities and reduce the need to deliver foods long distances. They can also utilize green building features, such as rain water harvesting, and tend to use existing infrastructure, localizing basic needs and making communities more walkable and livable.

Educational Opportunities

Urban farms are often used to educate the public on sustainability, farming and food production, and even cooking healthy meals.

Revitalizing Community

Urban farms create safe environments for people to gather and provide educational opportunities. Plus, they often use undeveloped pieces of land.

ADDITIONAL SPACES Urban Farms can support many other establishments, such as restaurants and apartment complexes. They can also create opportunity for other developments. like education and retail.

Based on the demographics of this location, additional spaces in this mixed-use development will include:

CAFE

MAKERSPACE

EDUCATION

COWORKING

HOSTEL

RETAIL

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: Cafe • Make space in the entry for food pick-up that will allow customers to take away food with minimal interaction.

Coworking • It is predicted that companies will downsize their headquarters and utilize these spaces for collaboration as more people work from home.

• Demographics include students, freelancers, start-up teams, and remote workers.

Education + Makerspace • Flexible spaces are gaining priority • Access to technology and supplies create a more hands-on learning environment • Hostel • Millenials comprise over 70% of people who use hostes • This hostel can serve travelers, those who need short term housing solutions, and potentially people who want to stay and farm

URBAN FARMING METHODS:

AEROPONICS Plants are grown in little to no substrate, and are watered via sprinkler systems. In this method, the roots are exposed to more oxygen, therfore making the plants grow 2-3 times faster.

This method can be the most expensive and requires backup equipment.

GREAT FOR GROWING:

HYDROPONICS Plants sit in a subsrate of coconut coir and perlite. The roots are exposed to a resevoir of nutrient rich water that circulates and is regulated through a pump system. This method is good for long-term growth and is relatively inexpensive.

GREAT FOR GROWING:

AQUAPONICS Much like hydroponics, except the plants are watered and fertilized by recycled water from fish tanks. This system becomes self regulating, but requires more equipment and knowledge of fish care.

GREAT FOR GROWING:

PRECEDENT PROJECT: The Plant - Chicago, IL

By Bubbly Dynamics LLC

• A research and production facility utilized by 20+ small businesses.

• Explores sustainable strategies to create resources for other aspiring farms.

• Revitalized an abandoned meat packing factory • Aims to create replicable models of closed loop effeciencies in energy and waste, while also incubating small business and giving them resources to do the same

PRECEDENT PROJECT: Pasona - Tokyo, Japan

By Kono Designs

• A 9 story office building and urban farm that encourages employees to grow and harvest their own food.

• 3,995 sq ft of farm space houses over 200 species of fruits, veggies, and rice.

• Provides educational workshops to help the community learn about their food and farming practices.

• Growing beds are integrated throughout the space, from using fruit trees as partitions to suspending tomato vines over conference tables.

MATRIX: QTY Entry/Lobby Greenhouse

Adjacency 1

1 to 3

All Entry/Lobby Café

Estimated SF

Actual SF

Occupancy

1,450

Assembly A-2

6,000

Utility or Mercantile

Plumbing

Daylight

Water Feature?

Aquaponics

1

1,000

Yes

Aeroponics

1

2,000

Yes

Hydroponics

1

2,000

Yes

Offices/Labs

4

800

Storage

1

200

Cafe

1

Main Dining

Entry/Lobby Greenhouse

1,000

Bar?

1

600

Kitchen

1

700

Restrooms

2

250 Entry/Lobby Library

Assembly A-2

…

1

8,000

Small Collab Large Collab Restrooms

3 2 2

140 460 250

Library

1

1000

Assembly A-3

3,900

Business

Jewelry / Metals

1

650

650

Acoustics

Yes

Medium

Low

Yes

Preferable

High

Acoustics

Yes

Open Office

1

High

ponics equipment

Yes

1

Fiber Arts

Not Required

FFE

Yes

Co-working Space

Maker Space

14,740

Privacy/Acoustics

Business

2,313

1 to 2

Public Access

Business

Yes

High Preferable

High

No

Low Medium

Yes Yes

Privacy/Acoustics

Preferable

High

Not Required

High

High High Acoustics

No

Sewing Machines Irons

Yes

Workbenches Annealing Pans Metal Sheer Buffing Machine Enameling Kiln 3D Printers Computers Lazer Cutter

Jewelry / Metals Jewelry / Metals Jewelry / Metals

1 to 13 1 1 1

650 Estimated650 SF 650 All 1,450 Entry/Lobby 650 6,000 Café 650 650 1,000

Aeroponics

1

2,000

Yes

Hydroponics Woodworking Offices/Labs Woodworking Woodworking Storage Printmaking Printmaking Cafe Printmaking

1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2,000 650 800 650 650 200 650 650 2,313 650

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Entry/Lobby Rapid Prototyping Greenhouse Rapid Prototyping Rapid Prototyping Aquaponics

Main Dining Ceramics Bar? Ceramics Ceramics Education Center Kitchen Education Center Classroom Restrooms Education Center Classroom Classroom Kitchens Co-working Kitchens Space Restrooms Kitchens Restrooms Storage Open Office Restrooms Storage Hostel Storage Small Collab Hostel Reception Large Collab Hostel Reception Lounge Restrooms Reception Lounge Kitchen Library Lounge Kitchen Dormatory Maker Space Kitchen Dormatory Washrooms Dormatory Washrooms Laundry Fiber Arts Washrooms Laundry Private LaundryRoom Private Room Retail - Pop-up?

Private Room Retail - Pop-up?

Register Retail - Pop-up?

Register Floor Space Register Back of House Floor Space Jewelry / Metals Floor Space Back of House Circulation: Back of House Circulation: Overall: Circulation: Overall: Overall:

QTY

1 1 1 1

1 to 2 1 11 11 312 1 3 3 231 123 1 12 15 1 3 15 1 2 15 1 11 2 11 11 21 2 82 8 18 1 31 3 133 13 1 30%1 30%1 30%

Adjacency

Entry/Lobby Greenhouse

Entry/Lobby Entry/Lobby Library Entry/Lobby Library Library Entry/Lobby Library Entry/Lobby Entry/Lobby Entry/Lobby

Entry/Lobby Entry/Lobby Entry/Lobby

1,000 650 600 650 650 3,750 700 3,750 500 250 3,750 500 500 550 14,740 550 250 550 250 100 8,000 250 100 2,570 100 140 2,570 225 460 2,570 225 510 250 225 510 225 1000 510 225 375 3,900 225 375 65 375 65 100 650 65 100 80 100 80 11,456 80 11,456 250 11,456 250 1,000 250 450 1,000 650 1,000 450 9,756 450 9,756 52,035 9,756 52,035 52,035

Actual SF

Occupancy Assembly A-2 Utility or Mercantile

Business

Assembly A-2

…

Business Business Business Business Residential R-2 Residential R-2 Residential R-2 Assembly A-3 Business

Mercantile Mercantile Mercantile

Yes Plumbing Yes Yes Water Feature?

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No

Daylight

Public Access

Privacy/Acoustics

Not Required

High

Acoustics

Yes

Medium

Low

Preferable

High

Acoustics

Not Required Not Required Not Required

High High High

N/A N/A High N/A

Preferable

High

Yes Yes Yes

Low Low Medium Low Medium Medium Medium

Privacy/Acoustics High High Low High High High High High High

Preferable

High

Not Required

High

Workbenches Annealing Pans Metal Sheer Annealing Pans Metal Sheer Buffing Machine Metal Sheer Buffing Machine Enameling Kiln FFE Buffing Machine Enameling Kiln 3D Printers Enameling Kiln 3D Printers Computers 3D Printers Computers Lazer Cutter Computers Lazer Cutter Vinyl ponicsLazer equipment Cutter Vinyl Cutter Table Saw Vinyl Cutter Table Saw Air Compressor Table Saw Air Compressor Dust Collector Air Compressor Dust Collector Joiner Dust Collector Joiner Laith Laith BandJoiner Saw Laith Band Saw Screen BandPress Saw Screen Press Pressure Washer Screen Press Wheels Pressure Washer Pressure Washer Wheels Glazing Wheels SlabGlazing Roller SlabGlazing Roller Kilns Slab Roller Kilns Kilns Oven/Stove Oven/Stove Stand Mixers Oven/Stove Stand Mixers Stand Mixers

Acoustics Sewing Machines Irons

Not Required Not Required Not Required

High High High Low Low Low

Low Low Low High Low Low High High

Workbenches Annealing Pans Metal Sheer Buffing Machine Enameling Kiln 3D Printers Computers Lazer Cutter

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

LOCATION ANALYSIS - LONDON Established: 47 AD Population: 8.9 million Climate: Temperate Continental winds, Cold winters Warm, dry summers Top Industries: LONDON, ENGLAND

Communication Finance + Insurance Science + Tech

SOUTHWARK INDICES OF DEPRIVATION 2019

SITE ANALYSIS: SOUTHWARK Population: 314,00 Attractions: Tower Bridge The Shard Shakespeare’s Globe London City Hall General Info: Southwark is a rapidly growing borough in Inner London, home to thriving business districts and landmarks; however, it is also ranked in the top 20% of most deprived boroughs in London.

1/3 of residents live in the 20% most income deprived communities 97% live in the most deprived communities in terms of housing affordability and overcrowding 1 in 4 residents over 16 are likely to be food insecure Source: moderngov.southwark.gov.uk

SITE ANALYSIS: SOUTHWARK - FARADAY Faraday is a ward located in the central Western part of Southwark.

• While Southwark’s population has risen, Faraday’s population has dropped • 25.4% of the population is children 0-15 years old • 60.3% of residents are people of color • Overall indices of deprivation are higher than the borough average

SITE ANALYSIS: ACTUAL SITE

GREENSPACE RESIDENTIAL GROCERY STORE MEDICAL CLINIC SCHOOL RESTAURANT PUBLIC SERVICE OTHER (LABELED) BUS STOP

CONCEPT STATEMENT This project centers around the idea of regeneration.

Just as plants have the ability to renew and repair every part of themselves, this hub aims to help repair disparities among communities in London and provide them with the resources to thrive. My concept diagrams explore this by reflecting plant lifecycles and the anatomy of ecosystems.

PARTI/CONCEPT IDEATION:

Landscape Ecology Stepping stone corridor

ADJACENCY STUDIES

BLOCK DIAGRAMS

LVL 1

LVL 2

CONDITIONS DIAGRAM - SUNLIGHT

CONDITIONS DIAGRAM - CIRCULATION

CONDITIONS DIAGRAMS- USERS

SKETCHES

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

LEVEL 1 FLOORPLAN NOT TO SCALE

LEVEL 2 FLOORPLAN NOT TO SCALE

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FIBER ARTS

RR

RAPID PROTOTYPE

PRINTMAKING

WOODWORKING

JEWELRY AND METALS

RR KITCHEN

OFFICE

MAIN DINING

DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN

DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN

CLASSROOM

CERAMICS

LOUNGE

KITCHEN & DINING

HOSTESS BAR

PRODUCE

HOSTEL CHECK-IN

LEVEL 1 RCP NOT TO SCALE FLUXWERX, PORTAL

FLUXWERX, VIEW

EUREKA, SCOUT

MOOOI, PERCH

-

VIBIA, PALMA

EUREKA, MILL

EUREKA, MEHA

MUUTO, FLUX

LEVEL 2 RCP NOT TO SCALE SATTLER, SOFT SERIES ELLIPTICAL

CUSTOM SUSPENDED LIGHTS

GROWSPECTRA, COMMERCIAL GROW LIGHT RAB LIGHTING, FLEXICOVE LED COVE LIGHTING

LOBBY

HANDRAIL PLANTER DETAIL NOT TO SCALE

PLASTIC LAMINATE

DIFFUSER

0' - 3 3/8"

0' - 1 15/16"

2' - 11 15/16"

1' - 0 3/4"

WOODEN HANDRAIL

PLANTER TRAY PLASTIC LAMINATE RETURN WATER 3' - 6"

TIMER

RESEVOIR

WATER PUMP 1' - 6 1/4"

PRODUCE

COWORK & LIBRARY

CAFE MAIN DINING

CAFE GREENHOUSE DINING

TOPOGRAPHIC CEILNG DETAIL 1' - 8 1/4"

1' - 6"

3' - 6"

0' - 1"

1/2" GYPSUM WALL BOARD 360° DRYWALL FRAMING

0' - 3"

0' - 6"

BLOCKING 1/2" PLYWOOD

0' - 6"

1' - 10 1/2"

SEALED INSULATED SAFETY GLASS

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