The FOOD CANOPY CO-OPERATIVE addresses the local rate of food insecurity and poor access to groceries with both community and production facilities centrally located next to downtown Springfield on rail, bike, and pedestrian networks. With business incubation space, educational classrooms, artist live/work studios, and shared industrial farm and processing equipment, the restored millrace and recreational paths will reconnect residents and students to ecological processes and local resources while exhibiting the process of food from farm to table.
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| production modules north elevations (top) community modules south elevation |
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| south elevation: community module facade study |
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| community perspective |
