How Public

Markets

embody

Public

Values

How Public

Markets

embody

Public

Values

A contagious shift in values is underway.

Pike’s Place Market

Seattle

A shift from thoughtless consumption…

…to stewardship of resources.

Eastern Market

Detroit

A shift from mass-market monotony…

…to cultivating a vivid identity.

Markthal

Rotterdam

This shift will change our visual diet...

...as food ignorance is replaced by…

…learning and appreciation.

Artscape Wychwood Barns

Toronto

A shift from anonymous origins…

photo: Michael Ottevanger

…to making personal connections.

Artscape Wychwood Barns

Toronto

A shift from rootless generica...

Santa Catarina Market, Barcelona

architect: Eric Miralles & B. Tagliabue

photo: Rick Ligthelm on Flickr

…to home grown character.

A shift from disposable construction...

…to enduring, beloved places.

Ferry Building

San Francisco

A shift from alienating food courts...

…to inviting social spaces.

Foodhallen in

Amsterdam is a former

tram station

A shift from planned disconnection…

…to design that promotes interaction.

A shift from predictably bland…

Gansevoort Market

New York, NY

…to food adventures.

From single purpose supermarkets…

…to multi-use community hubs...

Artscape Wychwood Barns

Toronto

…with diverse benefits.

Ed’s Goodbye Party

Toronto

From lonely, draining, meaningless

and de-natured...

…to textured, attractive and vibrant.

Where can we

find enduring

public market

precedents?

Middle Eastern

souks are

human:

imperfect and

messy, yet

organized and

purposeful.

Dutch

neighborhood

nodes demonstrate

variety, flexibility

and integration

with nature.

They promote

healthy social life

and human

connection to a

special place.

Sharon VanderKaay

@svkaay

How Public

Markets

embody

Public

Values