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

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.