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DESIGN PRINCIPLES
1. AMPLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
This will be accomplished through multiple teaching kitchens and classrooms. These will be divided by type of cooking and age of participants. It will also include nutrition classes, programs for food service, and after-school. Many of these classes will be conducted by retired or volunteer chefs, to keep costs down.
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2. EMPATHETIC DESIGN
This will occur through material choices, furniture options, and wayfinding. The idea is that everyone can come and feel welcomed. Part of this empathetic design is incorporating safety elements, in terms of kitchen and personal safety, since there will be a wide variety of participants present at any given time.
3. HEALTHY EATING + DESIGN
Healthy eating will be encouraged through spatial layout moves, environmental considerations, and furniture types. This will also be encouraged by the community mobile food pantries. The nutritional classes will help participants understand healthy eating better and how to cook easy healthy meals.
4. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community Engagement will happen through a variety of avenues - volunteering with the food pantry, teaching kitchens, and taking part in the classes/programs themselves. Mobile food pantries will also encourage opportunities for this, in addition to providing food access to those who can’t come to the pantry in-person.
5. FOOD SUSTAINABILITY
This will occur through the part of the food pantry that will be focused on food recovery, specifically getting unused food from local businesses to use for the pantry. This food will be packaged andprepared in the warehouse part of the project, for the pantry and mobile pantries. This will help with lowering food waste and increasing food access.
6. TRANSPARENCY + FLEXIBILITY
This principle will ensure that each space is transparent, equitable, and flexible. Specifically the main dining area and the teaching kitchens to enable everyone to feel seen and heard. These two spaces could be used interchangeably, providing additional tables/chairs for various events. However, all spaces will have a focus on flexibility.
