Food 2.0

atmospheric parameters for food storage

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:50:37 -0400

atmospheric parameters for food storage

Source: You are what you eat, Mark Menjivar Save food from...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:46:00 -0400

Source:

You are what you eat, Mark Menjivar

Save food from the refrigerator, Jihyun Ryou

Team Food2.0 meets Team Zoko (Finally!)(Clockwise from left to...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:40:30 -0400

Team Food2.0 meets Team Zoko (Finally!)
(Clockwise from left to right: Adrian Heid, Jiaxin Chum, Jane Chua, Brad Baer, Andrew Hapke and Chris Kieran)

Braved the crazy weather up to New York to meet with the Zoko team in a Soho loft which houses 31 other startups (check out Projective Space!) on Wednesday, and was immediately warmly welcomed by YourZoko’s Brad, Andrew and Chris. It was a great ideas sharing session with all the makings of a productive relationship.

we're now on facebook!

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:35:32 -0400

we're now on facebook!

food desert case study | New Orleans

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:12:00 -0400

income per capita

diabetes

obesity in adults

average no. of residents per supermarket

% grocery store per 1000 people

demographics

food desert case study | New Orleans

network diagram | site conditions

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:10:00 -0400

network diagram | site conditions

INTERVENTION 01 | corner store

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:09:00 -0400

organization | horizontal vs vertical

use paths | dining vs kitchen

INTERVENTION 01 | corner store

INTERVENTION 02 | vacant lots/residential housingsCapitalizing...

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:08:00 -0400

statistics | vacancy rate

morphology | typical residential housing

conceptual collage

INTERVENTION 02 | vacant lots/residential housings

Capitalizing on the abundance of vacant properties in New Orleans, small scaled food co-ops can reactivate the neighborhood by acting as a fresh produce distribution point. This site of permanence transforms into an instant informal communal dining ground when a mobile kitchen/storage docks into the space.

The transformative character of this intervention negotiates between the temporal and the physical scale, by adapting to the economic and social needs of the neighborhood. The radii of influence of such interventions are determined by the population density and accessibility of the specific study area and are dispersed throughout the larger identified area in dire need of access to fresh produce as well as communities which are below the national poverty line.

The neighborhood food co-op becomes the mediator and facilitator of social engagements, as well as an education ground for healthy eating habits. A community member may also reside within the adapted and reused compound, while serving as the manager of the co-op fresh produce store. This physical space exemplifies the social nature of YourZoko.com where communities of different backgrounds meet under the canopy of a common interest- food. Further social engagements such as exchanging of recipes, food storage methods and such within the physical realm translates immediately into the digital realm when the web platform receives instant feedback from the users, and thus initiates a relation of reciprocity between the digital and the analogue.

Potential sites are identified by the long and narrow characteristics that typifies the nature of New Orleans’s urban grid. Median strips, school yards and church yards are nominated as they bear performative resemblance.

INTERVENTION 03 | big box store

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:06:00 -0400

occupation strategies

aisle occupation

INTERVENTION 03 | big box store

potentials

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:01:00 -0400

potentials

yourzoko.com interpretation

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:00:00 -0400

yourzoko.com interpretation

the ergonomics of eating - proxemics analytic rubric and its...

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:20:00 -0400

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosdepena

ergonomics of eating

the ergonomics of eating

- proxemics analytic rubric and its spatial implications

If you build it, they may not come.

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:38:00 -0400

The Economist

Claudio Munoz

If you build it, they may not come.

fd=food

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:18:30 -0400

The growing popularity of locally-sourced produce and community-supported agriculture points to a new social dimension of food culture that has brought urbanity closer to the produce they buy. Dinner sharing co-ops, which have sprung up independently in college towns and urban centers across the US, extend this social dimension to the preparation and consumption of food.Yourzoko.com, a young tech start up, has recently developed a platform to aid in building and organizing these co-ops.

"Good food with good company in real life."

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:16:36 -0400

“Good food with good company in real life.”

- yourzoko.com