Greenhouse Folly
As an object to combat food disparage on the Navajo Nation, the folly operates as a year round growing center to meet the needs of indigenous communities residing in food desert areas of the southwest. The greenhouse provides year round growing conditions for indigenous traditional foods of corn, beans, and squash. The folly is cladded in curved glass, the curvature gives the glass its own structural properties which minimizes the sizing of the framing system.
As an object to combat food disparage on the Navajo Nation, the folly operates as a year round growing center to meet the needs of indigenous communities residing in food desert areas of the southwest. The greenhouse provides year round growing conditions for indigenous traditional foods of corn, beans, and squash. The folly is cladded in curved glass, the curvature gives the glass its own structural properties which minimizes the sizing of the framing system.
Kent Production Center
The greenhouse located in Kent, WA is a large production and distribution facility that provides year round growing conditions of a variety of produces signature to the Washington agricultural industry. Contained within a large 4 floor translucent volume, the green house contains a large hanging vertical farm attended and maintained by a complex logistical system and CNC robotics with a large growing field below. At one end of the facility is an environmentally separated volume of offices, educational, and research spaces. A sorting, packaging, and distribution center operates the entire ground floor. Like the folly curved class is the primary facade system that provides access to sunlight but also acts as a scupper system to collect water for use within the greenhouse. The curvature gives the building an optical effect which distorts the visual reading not as a thin glass vail but a singular monolith.
The greenhouse located in Kent, WA is a large production and distribution facility that provides year round growing conditions of a variety of produces signature to the Washington agricultural industry. Contained within a large 4 floor translucent volume, the green house contains a large hanging vertical farm attended and maintained by a complex logistical system and CNC robotics with a large growing field below. At one end of the facility is an environmentally separated volume of offices, educational, and research spaces. A sorting, packaging, and distribution center operates the entire ground floor. Like the folly curved class is the primary facade system that provides access to sunlight but also acts as a scupper system to collect water for use within the greenhouse. The curvature gives the building an optical effect which distorts the visual reading not as a thin glass vail but a singular monolith.
