North Philadelphia Peace Parkfrom Design 9 & 10 Architecture Studio with Prof. Max Zahniser | 2nd Place Retail Division - Solar Decathlon
North Philadelphia Peace Park is an existing park located at 2226 Jefferson Street in the neighborhood of Sharswood. The goal is to create a space for its community members through vertically integrated retail farming in order to add to community wealth. This includes culinary education, green space, break spaces, extend resource in laundry, internet and food, and outdoor community space.
With considerations of entering the project into the Solar Decathlon BUILD competition, this project would extend through 2023 and lead to $50,000 in funding in Spring 2022 if successful. To make this project come to fruition, the NPP team leaders will be pursuing funding from donor and investors, with ongoing support from the rest of the team. Placed 2nd in the inaugural Retail division of the DOE’s international net-zero energy design competition. |
"The goal of this project represents a new level of investment in health, wealth, and generating - self sustaining systems. This project represents the minimum of what reparations in our society should look like, and in rejecting the zero-sum myth, would really benefit all and represent further sacrifice from no-one." - Prof. Zahniser
Which design aspect had the greatest impact on the project?
The scaffolding based space frame structure is designed with the purpose of creating space for not only farming, but also photovoltaics, wind turbines, and water collection. Elevating these systems will maximize their performance as the PV and wind turbines will get more exposure to sun and wind, as rainwater gets collected from the rooftops and stored in a rooftop cistern.
The scaffolding system consists of galvanized steel framing, lighting fixtures/grow lights, 10" soil for planting, double layer of polyethylene, with water collection and the photovoltaics on the upper portion of the structure.
The scaffolding based space frame structure is designed with the purpose of creating space for not only farming, but also photovoltaics, wind turbines, and water collection. Elevating these systems will maximize their performance as the PV and wind turbines will get more exposure to sun and wind, as rainwater gets collected from the rooftops and stored in a rooftop cistern.
The scaffolding system consists of galvanized steel framing, lighting fixtures/grow lights, 10" soil for planting, double layer of polyethylene, with water collection and the photovoltaics on the upper portion of the structure.
What is the goal of this project?
The goal of this project was to create a space for community members through vertically integrated retail farming. The inclusion of open-air market, retail space, gardens and greenhouses were to promote the increase in food production, as well as a kitchen and recreational/educational spaces. The project created a supply-chain on site from seed, to growing, to processing, to selling and then to eating with educational guidance on all of those steps. |