This project is direct from Discover Design from the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Food Stand Design Project
As you are all aware we have limited food options for breakfast and lunch here at CPA. Our school's rural location means that the only option for food is the school cafeteria. Many students and teachers feel that there should be more options. You are going to explore those options and design a food stall somewhere on or near the school property to meet those needs. (design, not build)
Step 1: Collect Info
2 classes
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Gather more information about your existing school by taking photos, sketching, conducting interviews, or doing additional research.
Think About
Think About
- Which location or entrance around your school campus receives the most student foot traffic?
- What types of healthy food options are currently available to students?
- What types of food do you think the new stand needs to accommodate?
- Use Google Maps to view and print out an aerial photograph of your school. Mark the different entrances to your school building on the aerial photograph. Think about the different entrances for CPA and HRM.
- Look at the food selections currently available and health recommendations from the Canada Food Guide and the HRM healthy foods policy. What improvements could be made with a new food stand?
- Interview students and find out what types of food they would like to see at school.
- Interview several classmates about where they think would be a good location for a new food stand.
- Walk around the exterior of your school and take photos of possible locations for the new food stand.
- Research other food vendor stands or carts. Or search Flickr for "food cart", "street vendor", or "fruit kiosk" images.
Step 2: Brainstorm!!!
2 classes
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Develop sketches or models to help you puzzle through new ideas and solutions.
The food stand or cart will need the following types of features
The food stand or cart will need the following types of features
- signage
- a place to display food
- a place for money to be stored securely
- a place for some types of food to be refrigerated
- a place for some types of food to be kept warm
- additional storage space
- a method for getting electrical power to the cart or stand
- a method for either moving the cart from one location to another at night, and / or a method for securing and storing its contents when the stand is closed
- Identify a location for your new food stand or cart. Mark this on the aerial photograph. Will it be located at an entrance near your school's cafeteria, or will it be near a main entrance? You decide.
- Consider the weather and how snow, rain, and hot sun would affect the stand.
- Think of buses and cars and safety.
- Using a tape measure if it helps you to imagine the size of the space you are designing.
- Make lots of sketches to get your early ideas down on paper. Learn from each different idea.
- Brainstorm a list of special features you'd like the food stand to have.
- Consider what materials the stand will be made from. What materials will be durable against the weather
- Ponder the type of food you will be selling. How will it be carried, served?
Step 3: Develop Solutions
3 classes
Now's the time to take what you've learned from the steps above and develop your own solution for a new food stand or cart.
Try This
Now's the time to take what you've learned from the steps above and develop your own solution for a new food stand or cart.
Try This
- If you like making things, use cardboard or cardstock to build a rough physical study model or prototype of your food stand. You can't really understand the stand's shape until you make a quick study model. Don't worry about making a fancy finished model at this time. Instead, use cardstock, scissors, and tape to quickly create the large 3D form. See how it looks. Break off different sections, add new pieces, and try new ideas. Take photos of your model.
- Sketch out ideas on paper.
- Think of a name for your stand
- What type of colours and visuals will your stand have to represent the type of food served and also attract your target customers.
Step 4: Final Design
2 classes
Congratulations on developing a final design!
Use this step to upload the best drawings, screen captures, photos, etc. of your design. You want to be sure to pick images that show interesting details and help your viewer understand the space.
For example, make sure you have a few images that help us understand things like where your foodcart is located around the school and what it looks like from the customer's and the sales person's perspective.
Your Final Design Page should show the final results- not the process. Looking at this page the viewer should have a clear understanding of the location of the stand, the design of the stand and surrounding space, and the type of food served.
Don't forget to get feedback from others in your class and myself (Ms. MacFarlane). Feedback is an important step of the design process to help you create the best design for the challenge.
This project will be submitted on your website. It is a large research/creative project. You should have 5 pages. The first page will have the project title along with links to the 4 pages- one for each step. Drawings and models can be photographed and scanned and included on the site. All images and information should be cited. Think of including videos, slideshows, links to other sites and visuals that are engaging to the viewer. Writing should be concise and clear.