Monday, January 24, 2011

Storage Design Precedents + Initial Idea sketch






  We're developing a detailed design proposal for a storage system as our first project of the semester. We start to formulate an agenda for addressing the Alameda County Community Food Bank's design needs by this exercise.
  Design Criteria:

  • The system must be contained with 260 cubic feet
  • The system must store at least three different materials related to the ACCFB programs we will be addressing (office storage, food storage, event storage)
  • The system must accommodate human access (circulation) to all areas of the system
  • The system must be free-standing and floor supported
  • The storage system must be adjustable in 3 different ways
  • The system must accommodate long-term storage (items stored for 6months or longer) and short-term storage (items stored for anytime from 1hour to 6months)
  • Remember ACCFB's context: a very actively used warehouse, constantly in flux

Selected design precedents are to frame my approach to this problem. My initial interests in this project are spatial efficiency, organization and multi functionality.

CCA Interior Engage Studio: Alameda County Community Food Bank

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CCA Interior senior studio (class '11) challenges to another CCA Engage project real project for Alameda County Community Food Bank(ACCFB). We will be developing design strategies for the renovation of food storage, collection and distribution of food, office and event storage, staff and volunteer kitchens, nutritional education facilities, and shopping facilities at the site of the ACCFB in Oakland, CA, as well as, identifying environmental graphic branding and way-finding opportunities throughout the facility.