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01 Lincoln Park EatsGD3: Studio, Instructor Ozayr SaloojeeGroup members: Sean Higgins, Jody Rader

The Lincoln Park neighborhood of Duluth, MN, is a USDA food desert. According to a University of Minnesota Duluth study, the population is not dense enough to support a large scale grocery store. This project focused on three sites with different scale approaches to addressing the three barriers that define a food desert: Economic, Physical, and Additudinal.

We identified three different zones within the neighborhood, and chose a site in each zone. We worked on individual buildings, but all attempted to address the three barriers to food deserts within our site. The building I designed (Lincoln Park Foods) is in the commercial zone, and houses a small scale grocery store, a commercial/teaching kitchen, and a community gathering space.

Grocery Store and Community space

Bar and Corner Store

Greenhouse and Orchard

vacant neighborhood lot

minimally obstructed southern exposure

for truck ccess

east

a

vewa

connection to recreational trail

west

y

driappr xo . 20’

1min. 1/4 acre site

approx 120’

existing neighborhood business

ADA accessible entrance

accessible by pubilc transportation

min. 4,000 SF commercial building

to residential units

some parking available

existing commercial

ADA accessible entrance

accessible by pubilc transportation

min12,000 SF commercial building

parking and loading areas

accessible by highway and to other neighborhoods

recognizable storefront facade

Lincoln Park Layers/Boundaries

Site Typologies

Lincoln Park Boundary Study Model

vacant neighborhood lot

minimally obstructed southern exposure

for truck ccess

east

a

vewa

connection to recreational trail

west

y

driappr xo . 20’

1min. 1/4 acre site

approx 120’

existing neighborhood business

ADA accessible entrance

accessible by pubilc transportation

min. 4,000 SF commercial building

to residential units

some parking available

existing commercial

ADA accessible entrance

accessible by pubilc transportation

min12,000 SF commercial building

parking and loading areas

accessible by highway and to other neighborhoods

recognizable storefront facade

vacant neighborhood lot

minimally obstructed southern exposure

for truck ccess

east

a

vewa

connection to recreational trail

west

y

driappr xo . 20’

1min. 1/4 acre site

approx 120’

existing neighborhood business

ADA accessible entrance

accessible by pubilc transportation

min. 4,000 SF commercial building

to residential units

some parking available

existing commercial

ADA accessible entrance

accessible by pubilc transportation

min12,000 SF commercial building

parking and loading areas

accessible by highway and to other neighborhoods

recognizable storefront facade

GROCERY ENTRY CHECK OUT

GROCERY Store and Community Space

VEGETATED SWALE

PARKING

GREEN ROOF

LINCOLN PARK FOODS

LOADING DOCK/EMPLOYEE PARKING

SitE PLAN @ 1/64”=1’

N0 10 20 50 100

Scrim Pattern Test

ELEVAtiON & WALL SECtiON “C” @ 3/16”=1’

PERMEABLE PAVING +INFILTRATION BED

GREEN ROOF FILTER STRIP +INFILTRATION BED

SitE SECtiON @ 1/32”=1’-0” 0 10 20 40

SECOND FLOOR PLAN @ 1/32”=1’

9

10

11

N

1

2

3

7

5

4

8

6

C

FiRSt FLOOR PLAN @ 1/32”=1’

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7

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ACCESSIBILITY/EGRESS

ENTRY

CASH REGISTERS

GROCERY

COLD STORAGE

DELI

PRODUCE

BAKERY COUNTER

GROCERY STORAGE

LARGE GROUP GATHERING

COMMERCIAL KITCHEN

GREEN ROOF

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

COMMUNITY SPACE

PRODUCE SECTION

Highway 22

PLAN

Site Section

02 transit/trailheadGD2: Studio, Instructor James WheelerGroup members: Sean Higgins

The western neighborhoods of Duluth, MN are underserved in many ways. Sean and I were focused on two things: 1) Improving the transit infrastructure for the western neighborhoods by combining them with the trail systems, and 2) Placemaking in the western neighborhoods to bring young people to these areas. This structure is the trailhead of a system of transit/trail stops in the neighborhoods west of 35w.

The three smaller stops along the transit/trail (shown right) were designed by my group member Sean Higgins.

Western DuluthNeighborhoods

Daily On/OffsSheltered Stops2 Mile MarkProposed Sites

Southeast Elevation Southwest Elevation

500 1500 feet0

Fond Du Lac

Final Model

tools & Fuel: Curing tools & Fuel: Smoking

Situation03 Situation/Apparatus/EncasementGD2: Studio, Instructor Eric Amel

This project began with a focus on a situation: a farm-to-table process at a farm in rural Minnesota. The process in this case is about the farming, curing and smoking of pipe tobacco. The apparatus of the tobacco oven and the choreography of the process of curing and smoking tobacco inform the encasement around both. Both processes steeped in ritual and tradition, which is conceptually related to the architecture of the encasement.

tobacco

Machete

Shovel

Hardwood

Cast iorn Pot

Damp Sawdust

tobacco

Pipe

Matches

Matches

Steel Cables

Pipe tool

Pipe Cleaners

Apparatus

Encasement

Ground Floor Ground FloorSite Plan B C

A

B C

a

Section A Section B Section C

RichliteZ furring

Butyl Based Self-adhered MembraneOSB Sheathing

5.5” SIPS Panel, r=42Finish Wood