Red Hook Food Vendors
An Open Call for Ideas

Hosted by Architecture For Humanity New York (AFHny)

Overview

Architecture for Humanity New York (AFHny) announces a month-long ideas competition in search of innovative concepts for a new market place for the Red Hook Food Vendors in Red Hook Park, Brooklyn.

The Red Hook Food Vendors have been a staple of Brooklyn summers for the past 33 years. The Vendors have provided incredible cuisine and a unique market atmosphere in Red Hook Park, selling empanadas, pupusas, grilled corn and other Latin American dishes from tents at the northwest corner of the park.

Earlier this year the Vendors were awarded a six-year permit to continue this tradition. However, due to health code restrictions, they were required to prepare and serve from concession trailers parked along Bay Street at the northern edge of the park. While concession trailers provided a solution that allowed business to continue, the cost associated with renting the trailers was prohibitive for some vendors. Also, the trailers detracted from the charm and appeal of the former open-air market environment.

Challenge

Competition entrants are asked to generate concepts that create healthful cooking and vending spaces in a vibrant marketplace. The Vendors are very interested in solutions which address both the City’s concerns for clean and sanitary vending spaces and reflect the desire by the Vendors and their patrons to create a great public market space.

Selected entires will be invited to continue developing their concepts in collaboration with AFHny and the Red Hook Park Vendors.

Design Constraints

• Allow space for 12-20 food vendors.
• Address how additional vendors might be added in the future.
• Create areas for patrons to sit and eat.
• Include sanitary food preparation areas.
• Consider temporal nature of the market.
• Address the relationship of the Vendors' Market to the surrounding context of Red Hook Park. Designers must clearly show the proposed siting of their design.

Registration Requirements

To enter this competition, log in or register for an OAN account, then click below:

(Account registration and competition entry are both at no cost).

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Submittal Requirements

Entrants will create one (1) 11 x 17 presentation board (landscape format). Boards must include (at minimum):

• a plan of the proposed design
• a site plan
• a perspective view
• any other drawing or text necessary to explain the design concept
• the phone # of designer (or one of the designers) in the lower left hand corner of the board. Phone number will be used for identification of the entries.
• DO NOT include any names, firm names, school names, etc. on the board.

Submittal Procedure

Entrants must submit both a mounted board and a digital file:

• the mounted board must be delivered to the Center for Architecture, 534 LaGuardia Place, between 9am-7pm on November 6. Boards will not be accepted by mail.

• the digital file (pdf, tif, or png; 200 dpi minimum) must be submitted via Worldchanging.

Schedule

• Registration Begins: October 7, 2008
• Submission Deadline: November 6, 2008
• Jury Begins: November 15, 2008
• Selections Announced: December 2, 2008

Prizes

• TBD

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Resources and Downloads

• Please visit the competition page on the AFHny website for the competition brief and other resources.

Questions and Answers

• Please visit the competition page on the AFHny website for recent questions and answers.