This project centers on providing students the opportunity to learn how to grow and cook their food. At the same time, it provides a space where community members can volunteer to take care of a food garden from which, in return, they can obtain fresh vegetables. Additionally, there is a community room that is open to the public that will help better understand the proper food growing processes.
The goal of this project is not only to educate the future generations of the adequate processes and how to successfully grow food, but also create a meeting point from which the community can also acquire this knowledge and strengthen neighborly bonds.
It incorporates a general school program, cooking spaces and food growing spaces. All the public spaces are placed on the first floor, while the more private/educational spaces are on the levels above. One of the key spaces is the double height cooking space from which teachers, visitors, as well as other students can observe what is being learned in this area. The orientation of this project was fundamental in order to maximize the available food growing area. For which, the roof serves as a dual function for this project. It is a green roof that will grow the more resilient vegetables, the ones that will survive for most of the winter, as well as serve as an exterior classroom for the students.