Enfield Food Pantry

2023

Independent Studio Project

Professor Suzanne Lettieri

The Enfield Food Pantry (2023) proposes a design aimed to capture the authentic reality of the rural area by reusing, revitalizing and relocating entire buildings (previously abandoned or condemned) to the site as its fully winterized spaces for storage, facilities and gathering space. in between these spaces, a lightweight frame is proposed to create an-indoor outdoor market that could be partially opened in the summer and fully sealed in the winter for passive heating and cooling. The facade was designed as both inflatable and stretched ETFE double membrane panels to emphasize the focus on the future of rural living and the idea that the facade would breathe like a living entity or city.