Post on 31-Mar-2016
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Duluth Futures: Community Quilticulture
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Lincoln Park is a robust, close-knit neighborhood with strong historic ties and a system of resources that have the potential to supportcommunity reinvention. The tenuous connection between the community and its amenities is exemplified by the lack of direct access to fresh and healthy food. The ideal way to fill this gap is not simply another supermarket, but a holistic food-supply system that integrates community, ecology, water, and education to benefit Lincoln Park as a whole.
Connective Businesses Wetland Network Stormwater Networks EcologicalCorridors
ProductiveLandscapes
Trails + Aquaponic Outposts
The central location and easy access of the farms to thecommunity makes the site ideal fo involvement andeducation. Year-round resources such as a trailhead and food processing facility provide support for seasonal events and activities. These include a harvest festival, farmers market, art fair, winter festival, and ice sports and encourage the participation of the entire population.
GDIII Fall studio, 2013Group project
Team members: Stephen Himmerich, Nick Hoffman, Jennifer McGinnity
Trailhead interior rendering
Trailhead
Agri-food processing plant
Agri-food processing plant approach: watercolor
Agri-food processing plant section Trailhead section
Community Quilticulture Site Plan
The site is laid out based on a 16’ x 16’ grid that influences the sizes and locations of all programmatic elements. Within that framework, the fields areorganized in tandem with a water delivery system which taps into the storm water infrastructure of the neighborhood. This is achieved through a retention system in the corridor between Superior and Michigan Streets (the Lincoln Park Strip) and a series of runnels from this corridor that supply the fields.