A finalist in Atlanta’s Trinity Avenue Urban Farm Design Competition

B+C Studio and Farmer D team – their design for the farm

Team Leader – Daron ‘Farmer D’ Joffe – Farmer D Consulting
Team Design Lead – Sean J Murphy – B+C Studio
Team Planning Lead – Greg Ramsey – Village Habitat Design
Team Lead Architect – Lew Oliver – Lew Oliver, Inc.

Excerpt:

Our concept was for an urban garden and farm containing multiple plots and ADA accessible paths shaped and arranged to match the roads and blocks of downtown Atlanta. When viewed from the surrounding high rises and Atlanta City Hall, the garden presents itself as a map of the downtown core of Atlanta. You can easily make out the Fairlie Poplar area which is the pedestrian plaza in the center of the site as well as the domed green house which represents the GA Dome. The most challenging aspect was selecting the right area and scale of the map to create effective plot sizes in the 1 acre site.

Our belief was that with our concept, we could easily approach the various businesses and entities representing each plot for sponsorship and themeing ideas. Imagine a children’s garden in the plot representing the Children’s Center for puppetry arts, a vitamin garden in the block where the World of Coke museum resides (Vita water), or aquaculture pond where the Georgia Aquarium is located. Or how about a healing garden where Grady Hospital is located and test plots and educational themed gardens where various University of Georgia facilities are placed.

See the complete design proposal here.