104th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Shaping New Knowledges

Green Point Food District

Annual Meeting Proceedings

Author(s): David B. Baird, Steven Clarke & Torrey Tracy

UNDERSTANDING THE PROPOSAL:This submission is a single, continuous, steelframed building, strategically situated ina repurposed industrial zone and woventhrough the Greenpoint neighborhood ofBrooklyn. This proposed structure establishesa comprehensive food system seamlessly integratedwith housing, commercial, civic andpublic spaces. Its modest, pragmatic formgets its power by creating flexible infrastructure,making connections and celebrating ourinterdependence – a foundation for economicgrowth and prosperity in the 21st century.This project is also fitting for a burrow that’sofficial motto is Eendraght Maeckt Maght – “Inunity, there is strength.”

Volume Editors
Robert Corser & Sharon Haar

ISBN
978-1-944214-02-9