UNDER ONE ROOF
Cultural Project: Community Kitchen + Classroom
Islandview, Detroit
Client: Peace Tree Parks
Size:
1,960 SF
Under One Roof is a community kitchen and outdoor classroom pavilion that compliments Peace Tree Park's existing growdome and expands the programming at their Islandview urban farm.
Inspired by Peace Tree Park’s mission to increase access to organic produce, the project supports the nonprofit’s aim to teach, prepare and provide cooked meals for residents. Two 20’ x 8’ shipping containers are arranged in an L-shape, forming an informal outdoor classroom shaded by a pavilion roof above. One container is adapted into a kitchen, while the other provides storage space. The outdoor classroom is designed to comfortably accommodate a 200 person class or dinner, and the geodesic dome extends the growing season, providing fresh produce to local businesses and residents.
The project grounds and connects to its environment by celebrating its rainwater reuse as a resource for community engagement and education. On display, the direction of water collection and reuse is celebrated through each building part. The interlocking, cedar wood pavilion structure supports a parallelogram, polycarbonate roof that collects rainwater through an oversized planted gutter. Gravity pulls the rain droplets down a vertical, cylindrical gutter and into a large rain barrel that connects to a hose for water reuse onsite. Through collecting enough rainwater to minimize the use of city water, the building as a regenerative infrastructural system works towards a no-cost + no-waste system.