UW FARM Community Oven – Spring 2024
Site
UW Farm
3501 NE 41st St,
Seattle, WA 98105
Client + Program
The University of Washington Farm is an operational farm working in conjunction with the surrounding Seattle community as well as students on campus. The farm provides hands-on learning opportunities that allows students to foster a connection with urban agriculture and sustainability by hosting classrooms several times a month to learn about planting, harvesting, and preparing the produce that comes from the farm. Additionally, the space is used by many community members, including the intellectual house for indigenous agricultural and botanical practices, bird watchers, hikers, runners and dog walkers as a meet up point, and for hosted celebrations at the farm, including fundraisers, weddings, and harvest festivals.
The Neighborhood Design Build Studio was given the task to design and build an oven pavilion to help support a farm to table experience with a brick pizza oven, prep area, and storage for wood and cooking utensils. This oven pavilion will also act as a gateway to the farm from the neighboring Center for Urban Horticulture.
Design + Construction
The project team included graduate and undergraduate students who worked together thru a series of design charettes to create a presentation to the UW Farm client. After feedback from the client group, the team was ready to make some final changes and complete the construction drawings and start building!
