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LES GRAINS
NEW YORK, NY | SPRING 2021 | 602 STUDIO | CRITIC NATE HUME | PARTNER LISA KNUST
SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN’S ANUUAL PUBLICATION, “PRESSING MATTERS”
Situated in the Lower East Side of New York City, LES Grains examines the issue of food waste and production through the implementation of a brewery that fuels a food bank pantry.
The spent grain waste of the brewing process is a highly nutritious grain medium that may be directly reused in the production of bread-based food products. This program works to negotiate the overarching themes of the project, namely the frame. Developed through a rigorous process of layering, a series of frames and subsequent frameworks are developed and are either reinforced or eroded through the buildup of other mediums. This layering process develops a sense of veiling that carries throughout the entirety of the project.
Through a consistent immersion in nature, the building works to dissolve boundaries of public and private, internaal and external, and reinforces the idea of nature being a public commodity for all, a different approach from how nature is typically handled in built environments - where it is often relegated only to exterior, controlled spaces.
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LES GRAINS
NEW YORK, NY | SPRING 2021 | 602 STUDIO | CRITIC NATE HUME | PARTNER LISA KNUST
SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN’S ANUUAL PUBLICATION, “PRESSING MATTERS”
Situated in the Lower East Side of New York City, LES Grains examines the issue of food waste and production through the implementation of a brewery that fuels a food bank pantry.
The spent grain waste of the brewing process is a highly nutritious grain medium that may be directly reused in the production of bread-based food products. This program works to negotiate the overarching themes of the project, namely the frame. Developed through a rigorous process of layering, a series of frames and subsequent frameworks are developed and are either reinforced or eroded through the buildup of other mediums. This layering process develops a sense of veiling that carries throughout the entirety of the project.
Through a consistent immersion in nature, the building works to dissolve boundaries of public and private, internaal and external, and reinforces the idea of nature being a public commodity for all, a different approach from how nature is typically handled in built environments - where it is often relegated only to exterior, controlled spaces.
LES GRAINS
NEW YORK, NY | SPRING 2021 | 602 STUDIO | CRITIC NATE HUME | PARTNER LISA KNUST
SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN’S ANUUAL PUBLICATION, “PRESSING MATTERS”
Situated in the Lower East Side of New York City, LES Grains examines the issue of food waste and production through the implementation of a brewery that fuels a food bank pantry.
The spent grain waste of the brewing process is a highly nutritious grain medium that may be directly reused in the production of bread-based food products. This program works to negotiate the overarching themes of the project, namely the frame. Developed through a rigorous process of layering, a series of frames and subsequent frameworks are developed and are either reinforced or eroded through the buildup of other mediums. This layering process develops a sense of veiling that carries throughout the entirety of the project.
Through a consistent immersion in nature, the building works to dissolve boundaries of public and private, internaal and external, and reinforces the idea of nature being a public commodity for all, a different approach from how nature is typically handled in built environments - where it is often relegated only to exterior, controlled spaces.
