Our Place.
Belonging to the people it serves. For the people it serves.
“I’m going to our place”
An adaptive reuse project utilizing an existing unused industrial site in Providence, Rhode Island — reimagined through a grid shift intervention that retains the existing structural system and houses three food-related community programs.
Food Market
Incubator Kitchen
WIC Center
Sketch exploration
Watercolor and ink exploration
Ink exploration
Watercolor and ink exploration
Watercolor and ink exploration
Brainstorm in ink
Intervention diagram
First floor plan process
Second floor plan process
Building 233 and building 235 1st Floor Plan -- analog and digital. Green space, food market, and incubator kitchen
Existing conditions
Building 235 intervention -- Roof removal and facade preservation. Introduce a private green space, separated from the street but available to community members utilizing the food market, incubator kitchen, and WIC center.
Existing conditions
Building 233 intervention 1st floor -- Restore original windows. Introduce a low-cost food market and incubator kitchen.
Building 233 2nd Floor Plan -- analog and digital. WIC Center
Existing Conditions
Building 233 intervention 2nd floor -- 15-degree grid shift on all four sides of the second floor. Working within the existing structural system, and column grid, and keeping the existing walls intact. Introduce WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Center.
Existing Conditions
Building 233 intervention 2nd floor -- 15-degree grid shift on all four sides of the second floor. Working within the existing structural system, and column grid, and keeping the existing walls intact. Introduce a secondary WIC entrance from the parking lot.
Sketch Model - Illustration board, acrylic
Sketch Model- Illustration board, acrylic
Final model - Chipboard, acrylic
Final model - Chipboard, acrylic