PETTY ISLAND FOOD INNOVATION CENTER

During the present years, Philadelphia has been through a major architectural transformation that has raised interest in reclaiming the piers as part of the city.This project embarks on the idea of reclaiming the island to the Philadelphia context.

The edges of the existing Philadelphia piers were and influential force that originated a guideline and generator for field operations and building on the site. These grid lines would serve specifically as field operations that such as irrigation systems, electrical sytems and landscape features that would help sustain the cultivation fields. SITE STRATEGY

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In order to provide better circulation between each strip of the grid, the cultiva-tion fields morphed from 90 degree axis on thex and y axis to a tilted axis that is more flexible and allows for a better flow within different cultivation fields.

Its important to mention that each of the fields were designed specifically to be experiencend from south to north. The reason for this was to allow the visitor to experiance the fields for a longer amount of time in a syncromatic manner and also to provide a viewing relationship between Philadel-phia and Camden. SITE STRATEGY

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Specific activities were assigned to differ-ent strips. This allow for the master plan to function as a vegetable cultivator and also a public space park. The idea of walking and learning about different culti-vation processes was important in the project.

BIOREMEDIATION: Is a process that uses microor-ganism to eat up pollutant. This natural process was explored in order to clean up the site and bioremediation zones were created in which this process would occur.

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The projected lines that turned into an spatial grid serve to provide cultivation devices at diffrent point of the master plan. Irrigations, electricity , wind turbines and water facilies would run in the direc-tion of these lines.

MASTER PLAN

Three strips of programatic space linked by 2 fifteen foot wide corridors. The central space allows for circulation and acts a common point for the different programatic strips.

FLOOR PLANS

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1. Hot Process2 . Cold Process3. Refrigeration room4. Loading Dock5. Mechanical Room6. Bathrooms 7. Elevator8. Art Exhibition9. Resource Center10. Parking11.Loading Area

12. Lobby13. Demostration room14. Agricultural Exhibition15. Communal Education16. Mechanical Room17. Bathroom

19. Kitchen Exhibition20. Bar21. Outdoor Restaurant22. Prep room23. Mechanical room

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1. Dry Process2. Cold Assembly3. Refrigeration4. Storage 5. Washing6. Oven Aera7. Mechanical8. Bathroom9. Elevator10. Client service Area

11. Agricultural Exhibition12. Classrooms13. Communal Education

14. Private Dinning15. Dinning16. Elevator

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SECOND LEVEL

GROUND LEVEL

The design of the building relied on the idea of the pier projection and the relation-ship that the perimeter of the building should have to these projections. With this idea of creating a banding field, the origi-nal scheme of the building was to emulate the field banding into programatic banding d i s t r i b u t i o n .

Within each of the strips a central volumetric moment occurs in order to create a main exhibition space.The reason for this was to allow for the differ-ent program to have view of the exhibition space, in other words the exhibtion space would be theepicenter of each of the strips.

PROGRAM ANALYSIS

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r The main conceptual ideas is to create 3 main interior spaces that act as as amphitheaters. All views within each of the bars are strategically framed. A central corridor at the ground floor allow for clear circulation through the building.

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RELATIONSHIPS The restaurant bar links the two volumes though a rampingsystem that carries the HVIC system.The linkage of program at the Educational Bar occurs because linkage is the main exhibition space. The relationship between the FIC and the RESOURCE CENTERoccurs at the top where two ramps take the circulation to the IC offices.

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STRUCTURAL FRAMINGPROGRAMATIC SEQUENCE HVAC SYSTEMS

The Cornell University architectuer build-ing was used as a case study in order to understand the structure. A super truss system was utilized in order to allow for the volumes to cantiliever and project outwards toward Philadelhia and Candem.

Reemkoolhas uses a super framing truss system that has triangular columns that never meet at an specific point. This allows for the manipulation of this columns to accomodate various circulation p o i n t s .

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1. Truss system is applied in order to catilive the main volumes out into the river and cultivation fields2. The circulation band is covered by a roof that has two super trusses that run the whole lenght of the corridor. A series of angles run on top of the trusses in order to support the load of the roof decking.

3. The corrugated roof decking is applied, also walls and other systems in order to enclose the space.4. A rain screen system is clamped to the exterior wall in order to conceptually follow the grid lines of the master plan, and also acts as a sun shade s y s t e m .

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Five strips of program, ranging from restaurant, educational and food process-ing were designed. These three program-matic spaces were united by two corridors.

BUILDING SECTIONS

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The building had to be raised up six feet from the ground due to high increase of tide on the Delaware River. This allowed for the building to project out landcape platforms that would join the ground througha ramping device.

The HVAC system was designed to run from one side of the building to the other. This system would run from the second floor slab providing air to the second and ground level. To do so the duct systems ran accross the the two ramping platforms.

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1. Composite Decking system2. Metal Deciking3. Denseshield3. Steel angle 4. Polycarbonate roof panel5. Aluminum ties6. Perforated Zinc mesh7. Aluminum skeleton frame8. Truss system9. Steel angle

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WALL SECTION10. C-chanel11. Aluminum base12. Steel flashing13. Steel mountings14. HVAC system15. Radiant floor system16. Timber wood floor17. Exterior glaze system18. Piers

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1. Composite Decking system2. Metal Deciking3. Steel angle 4. Aluminum perforated ceiling mesh5. Super Truss system6. Mehcanical Duct7. Truss Framing system8. Timber floorboard9. Interior glazing system10. Exterior glazing system11. Radiant Heating Tubing12. Perforated rain screen system

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1. Composite Decking system2. Metal Deciking3. Steel angle 4. Aluminum perforated ceiling mesh5. Super Truss system6. Mehcanical Duct7. Timber floorboard8. Interior glazing system9. Exterior glazing system10. Radiant Heating Tubing11. Perforated rain screen system

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1. Super Truss system2. Metal Deciking3. Custom Steel Truss4. Steel Angel5. Waterproof Timber floorboard6. Platform7. Perforated Ceiling component8. Truss System9. Interior timber floor10. Composite Decking sytem

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1. Composite Decking system2. Metal Deciking3. Steel angle 4. Aluminum perforated ceiling mesh5. Super Truss system6. Timber floorboard7. IExterior glazing system8. Perforated rain screen system9. Steel truss sysytem10. Interior glazing sytem

FIC/EDU SECTION

1. Composite Decking system2. Metal Deciking3. Steel angle 4. Aluminum perforated ceiling mesh5. Super Truss system6. Timber floorboard7. IExterior glazing system8. Perforated rain screen system9. Steel truss sysytem10. Interior glazing sytem

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INTERIOR SPACE

It was important for the building to read as part of the generated grid pattern obtained by the projection of the piers. The land-scape features of the building are platforms that ramp down to the ground.There is a common point of circulation accross the strips at the same elevation.

EXTERIOR SPACE

EXTERIOR SPACE

One of the corridors ramps all the way down to the ground and becomes a stair that circulates people from the ground to the green roof. While this procession occurs the visitor will be able to obser the library through and the main exhibition space through a curtain glass system.

PHYSICAL MODEL