kitchen table

you may not see the connection between title and photo

but let me explain . . .

i drive by this building everyday on my way to work and it recently has gone up for sale/lease and of course i started daydreaming

it's going to be a 24 hour cafe with multiple vendors selling their market niche cuisine for "grab n go" or sit and stay. there will be a random mix of kitchen tables and chairs. and, the best part, a collection of local produce, dairy and meat products. it would be a market for all the local, seasonal farms year round. the families that feel overwhelmed by the CSA bounty, could instead stop by and pick up some fresh rutabagas or grass-finished beef. basically it would be something like an all year, indoor farmer's market.

i've shared my idea with my coworker/mentor who has connections. she thought it sounded great and put me in touch with her friend looking for a music venue. i've emailed back and forth with him and we thought we could easily combine the two dreams but somewhere along the lines he found out I'm just a young dreamer . . .

. . . oh well

maybe he'll do on his own and i can shop and eat there

option 2.
i could use this site as a basis for the 2009 Cascadia Emerging Green Builders Natural Talent Design Competition:

The Program

All entries must adhere to the following guidelines:

• Transportation: The project must confront the issues posed by transportation, seeking a solution alternative to the use of single occupancy fossil-fuel vehicles.


• Public Space or Public Space Adjacency: The project must include an area of public space, or be adjacent to easily accessible public space, forming a core element of the project’s site design.


• Mixed-use: The project must incorporate both private and public space, and consider the interplay between public space and private development.


• Solar Envelope: All projects must consider the solar envelope of the site and the site’s development on adjoining properties.

I'm just going to run with this

Rooftop apartments . . .