The project continues an investigation of the interface between people, food, and related cultural practices. The investigation began by identifying and analyzing a daily or ceremonial practice related to this interface and its social, spatial, and temporal context. The analytic process was then applied to two events related to food – shopping for a meal and lingering over a meal – and to the design of a neighborhood market and café. The activities were considered as daily and ceremonial occurrences, and as independent and complimentary events. The design process explored the compositional and experiential effects of combining the activities such that the practices informed one another and meaningful sequences within urban, architectural, and social situations.

The corner site completes the block occupied by the row house community in North Knoxville. A columnar system is adopted to facilitate spatial fluidity and interpenetration in connecting and transitioning between socio-cultural and physical environments. The façade is explored free of structural responsibilities and open to numerous expressions of interior, exterior, scalar, material, visual, and light conditions that further enhance the experience of programs and spaces.

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