Project Description
FROM THE AIA TENNESSEE:
Charged to create a flexible
space for an after-school arts initiative along with a retail storefront, this
project renovates a portion of an inner city flea market, disguising the
after-school writing and arts workshop as a flea market booth. Taking advantage of the existing flea
market’s circulation, infrastructure, and storefront, the design integrates
reclaimed shelving units from a nearby Sears Warehouse which organize and scale
the space into a storefront, “secret” workshop area with flexible learning
spaces and a heightened sense of entry.
A series of tall openings following the rhythm of the shelving figures
let light, views and circulation into the workshop space from the adjacent
alley.