The Prototype Community Garden Shelter was constructed as a spring event for the Plain Green Conference and Marketplace in downtown Sioux Falls. The small shelter was completed as the second annual community service project integrating hands on learning, sustainable building concepts, and community stewardship for local volunteers.
The project is a prototype for seven other community gardens around the city. Each shelter will highlight a different sustainable material including gabion construction, rammed earth, straw bale, compressed earth block, and cordwood.
The Community Garden Shelter serves the local urban agriculture community, providing a place to gather, share information, provide storage, and demonstrate sustainable building techniques.
Site Provided By:
Avera McKennan Hospital
Construction Donated By:
Sioux Falls Construction Company
Design By:
Sioux Falls Chapter of Architecture for Humanity
Donations From:
Architecture for Humanity Monthly Microgrant by Chase Community Giving
Concrete Materials
Schoeneman's Lumber Company
McCollor Construction
Horner Lumber Company
Soukup Construction Company
United Concrete
Friesen Construction Company
Myrl and Roy's Paving
Landscape Garden Centers
Structural Engineering Associates
Norberg Paints
SDSU Department of Architecture
Location
- Agriculture/Food
- Community Center
- Context - Urban
- Economic Development/Livelihoods
- Education
- Green Design/ Practices
- Landscapes/Parks/Outdoor Spaces
- Low Maintenance
- Materials - Alternate
- Materials - Local/Indigenous
- Non-Profit/ Community-based
- Public Space/Gathering Space
- Self-Help/Volunteer Construction
