Charity Whitehead — Domest-ivic Kitchen

Glazed links form shared spaces between the private kitchens, folding doors enabling autonomy in levels of privacy. Views into the central space and towers beyond provide a sense connection.

A massive open air concrete block houses the growing and retail functions of food produce, beginning the user’s experience as well as the food’s journey from plant to plate.

The brick towers house stacked kitchens, their chimneys reaching beyond the roof line, opening allowing light to filter from level to level.

A varied programme, centred around food – growing, cooking, dining, learning – stretches along the length of the site, the process of plant to plate evident as the user moves. through the building.

The towers give way to a central outdoor courtyard; a communal area into which activity spills from the surrounding cooking spaces, allowing groups to converge and culture to be shared.

Glazed links form shared spaces between the private kitchens, folding doors enabling autonomy in levels of privacy. Views into the central space and towers beyond provide a sense connection.

A pair of towers share this dining space, sandwiched between their massive forms. Activity spills from the adjacent kitchens and the flow of movement from the ramp leaks into the space.

On the upper floors, the circulation wraps the kitchen towers and void space beyond. It dips into the bookending growing and washing utility spaces, a reminder of the food’s journey.