Foodbank as a Youth Club Tackling food waste through recycling Social issues
Social responsibilities
Design Proposal
Skopje remains close to the national average with 28 per cent of its children living in poverty. In order to solve this issue, a proposal to create a food bank in the heart of Old Bazaar seems like an ideal site location as there is no existing food bank located in the heart of the city. The proposal is designed in partnership with local Food Bank Macedonia (FBMK) who has its own mission and duty to fight against hunger, food waste and poverty. By partnering with nearby restaurants, the food bank is able to be self-sustained. Skopje.
Youth volunteers serve meals for the locals and asylums who live without proper meals. The youth club mainly educates people about food recycling. Locals and asylums learn useful techniques on how food composting cycle works using organic waste. It also serves as a community hub. They gain mental and physical supports from the youth volunteers.
The proposal tackles food waste by applying food composting cycles. Vertical farming is implemented as the façade of the building. The youth club partners with nearby restaurants and recycle their daily food scraps. This helps to increase awareness about using composted food scraps as soils for crops. People composts the food and apply the composting techniques to their neighbourhood courtyard.
MArch Architecture (RIBA/ARB Part 2) Year 4 TS+ES Brian Wong Siew Horng
UEL 2019/2020 Unit 8 U1940639