The Market
Knoxville, Tennessee
Market Hall & Culinary School
Partner: Kyle Nichols
Fall, 2013
Western Facade and Plaza
The design for The Market focused on three drivers: providing an open market layout, connecting plazas that lie adjacent to the East and West, and minimizing the footprint of the culinary institute on the site. The combination of long-span glulam arches and structural diagrid roof structure allows an uninterrupted market space with a doubly curved roof form. The use of glulam arches pays homage to the early open air market halls of East Tennessee, comprised of only wooden posts and a roof.
Site
Plans All.
Retractable curtain walls allow for natural conditioning during spring and fall as well as erases the barriers between the permanent interior market space and the temporary Saturday farmers markets.
Market Interior
Café Entrance. Rows of pavers are replaced with food crops in the east and west plazas providing signage and promoting the idea of eating locally grown produce.
Culinary tower atrium space.
Second floor culinary classroom overlooking market hall below.
Ground floor reflected ceiling plan
West Elevation
East and North Elevations
Section AA through market and tower atrium.
Section BB through secondary basement entrance to market hall.
Section CC through culinary tower.
Retractable market wall detail section.
Retractable market wall detail plan.
Culinary school tower detail.