Existing Site Photos

1. Shopping Entrance - Reception - Shopping Area - Warehouse Area

2. Shopping Area

Site Analysis: ACCFB Warehouse

To set our goal of the project and set up design strategies,  our class visited the ACCFB one more time, and represented our observation graphically through diagrams. 


1. Site Photos

2. Circulation

Forklift is in a state of flux in the warehouse, and it is important to keep existing forklift's moving path clear for safety and ACCFB's efficiency and convenience. Likewise, Loading zone should be cleared out as well. 

Public or agency shoppers are allowed in the shopping area where faces the main automatic sliding doored entrance, and each shoppers get 30 minutes of shopping time, and only 3 persons are allowed at a time.

3. Visual & Program Accessibility

As program locates further in from the main entrance of warehouse (shopping reception area), only ACCFB staffs can access and is more private. People have visual access through windows and places that are not blocked by structures. 

ACCFB Narrative II

Programatic scenario vignette for ACCFB. 
This vignettes idea is to encourage social interaction between various type of space users so that ACCFB will have stronger relationship within the facility, and further out to Alameda community.

ACCFB Narrative I

Representation of Alameda County Community Food Bank narrative

 

Storage System Design (Cont'd)

Social-AID event equipment storage system for Alameda County Community Food Bank

This storage system design functions as event equipment storage and event booth. This design's intention is to provide temporary space to encourage social engagement in the community through ACCFB's events such as nutritional class, cooking class, or lunch serving programs as well as storage for event equipments. 

The top compartment stores light equipments such as disposable utensils and plates, the middle compartment has folding chair racks, and the bottom one's for folding tables. One of the features is the adjustable shelving using the idea of pin art toy. Because the pins can be pushed in exact shape of the object, it can be adjustable as what object's being stored temporarily. It also acts as interactive toy to encourage interaction between users. 

The apparatus is simple rectangular shape so that it can be horizontally stacked or aligned along the wall when it's not in use.

Site Visit: ACCFB

Our class visited Alameda County Community Food Bank on February 2, 2011. As we visit the site, we volunteered for sorting and packaging of fresh oranges. We conducted interviews with other volunteers and toured the facility for better understanding of existing conditions of ACCFB and their needs.

Storage System Design