Miharu Yamaguchi
Oppositional Layering of Empty Kitchen Full Hearts (EKFH)
Facade of Derelict Building
Project description
Empty Kitchen Full Hearts is a local organisation in Leith, Edinburgh that seeks to reduce food waste and redistribute surplus food to those who need it in order to break free from the cycle of the broken food system. Our site sits amongst several abandoned warehouses- up-cycling materials reduce waste yet retain the component of historicism. Brick, trusses and the existing stone facade are repurposed for a reception, new timber frame and the main Building.
Architecture is capable of rebuilding the connection between food, nature and people. As architects, our aim is to implement the values of EKFH into the design and construction process. Awareness of sustainable measures and reducing construction material waste are of great concern to us. From my observations of the site and the Scottish timber industry, texture and permeability were prevalent from the start. The ongoing theme interlinked with my dissertation addressing oppositional layering. Light and dark, smooth and rough, transparent and solid, East and West. My proposal extends this ‘oppositional layering’ in relation to sustainability and defines the typos, typos and tectonic qualities of the Community Centre.
Collaborators
About the Site
Leith is a industrial hub/port district flourished with many independant restaurants and cafes. It
is its own community seperated from the rest of Edinburgh. Hwoever, there is a major concern for gentrification. New building proposals and exten- sion of the railway making way to demolish history and rewrite the essence of Leith.
Location Plan
Timber Storytelling From Growth to Construction Material
What gets wasted? What is brought back into the carbon cycle? We researched into Timber and how it undergoes different phases from Growth to construction material, as well as external factors (Storm Arwen) and carbon cycle. The different stages include: Growth, Harvest, Debarking, Sorting, Sawing and Treatment. (In collaboration with Guy Carter and Tan Calin)
Timber Storytelling From Growth to Construction Material
Sectional Perspective- The Kitchen and Workshop
Permeable and Impermeable layering and flexibility of the materials effectively support the environmental needs for the programme. The workshop is divided into 9 equal parts and each part was split into four fuctions: toilet, workshop space, storage and communal space. It has a glazed exterior maximising the amount of natural sunlight. The shoji screens is multifunctional- a door, a window or a room divider common in traditional Japanese architecture. Shoji screens are slotted in between beams and can be shifted. The shiftable screens allow the flexibility to cater to a larger workshop of 12-24 people but can also close up for a smaller sized workshop of 4-6 people.
City within a City Ground Floor Plan
I explored material layering not only through walls but also landscaped the surroundings inspired by the urban pattern of the user experience.
Ground Floor Plan
Ventilation Strategy
Movement of Food through Market Place
Axonometric
Workshop
Movement of Food to Kitchen
Miharu Yamaguchi
Oppositional Layering of Empty Kitchen Full Hearts (EKFH)
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