Food Bank - Food & Agriculture Hub
This project was being brief to look into the area of studies with the title of the importance of urban design for your community. The SDG Goal 2 - Zero Hunger is the main topic that is being focused on in this project.
Focusing on the topic of hunger, it addresses a serious issue that is happening worldwide. Hunger is defined as craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient. It is also defined as an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of food. According to research, more than 820 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, which is the highest number in Asia and rising fastest in Africa. This global hunger issue drives the attention of people thinking that insufficient food is the main cause.
Studies show the food supply in the world is actually enough to supply the world population. Research has shown more than 2 Billion people do not get access to food ; 144 Million children under 5-year-old are stunted ; 47 Million are affected by wasting of food. Therefore, the hunger problem isn’t because of the lack of food but is the problem of accessibility of food and getting the available food for the people in need the most.
As looking at the local context of the hunger issue, the Global Hunger Index has recorded that Malaysia endures a moderate hunger level. As for the GHI scores, it incorporates four different component indicators including undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality.
Although Malaysia has been able to drastically reduce the country's poverty rate, malnutrition is still a major issue happening in the country. On the other hand, poverty and malnutrition in Malaysia have a severe long-term impact on children, especially children below five. Studies have shown that 23% of Malaysian children aged four are stunted ; 22% underweight children and 32% wasting, or even thinner than the average.
Layout Plan Overview
Ground Floor Layout Plan
First Floor Layout Plan
Area Perspectives - Nutri-Food Bank [Ground Floor]
This area serves the purpose of free food and a daily essential distribution center. This central point highly encourages all surrounding restaurants, bakeries, grocery, and other hospitality companies to send in all their extra food, groceries, and other items. These items will be distributed as part of the NGO initiative to help the poor. All the operation systems, quality control will be in charge by the authorized party to ensure nutritional balance and healthy food being distributed in this space. This space will have some seating for the public visitors to sit and wait. Meanwhile, there will be a counter to deal with public visitors for the distribution claim, meanwhile, there is an inter-connection window and door access to the behind food preparing and packing area.
Area Perspectives - Nutri-Food Bank [Ground Floor]
As for this food preparing and packing area, mainly serve the purpose of quality checking and control of all incoming food, groceries, supplies, and many more. This area serves to work as a food packing counter where all supplies will be packed as the appointed size of bags and amount of food that should be distributed accordingly. The packed food supplies will be sent out through an inter-connection window to be sent out to the front counter.
Area Perspectives - Food Tank [Ground Floor]
This area served the name of Food Tank Center where its initiatives are mainly focusing on bringing awareness, spreading new technology and information in related fields. In this area, there will be seating and live stage where its function to hold events such as talking, sharing session, live-stream stage, competition, new technology introducing ceremony and many more. This area allows the public to come in during arranged schedules and appointed topics.
Area Perspectives - Nutri-Food Bank [First Floor]
Meanwhile, The Nutri-Food Bank on the first floor, mainly this area is to serves a purpose of consultancy, workshop-style of the area to help achieve the project objective. In this area, mainly there will be bar seating to serve as workstation area, normal lounge and table seating to take in profession and public to arrange consultancy on the healthy food plan.
Area Perspectives - Food Tank [First Floor]
On the other side, the Food Tank area at the first-floor area serves the purpose of organic and healthy food retail selling. Mainly this area helps to achieve the initiative of providing a platform for the food supplies people and young entrepreneurs to bring in their food and products into the current market. This will help them to increase their income source and product exposure in the community.
Area Perspectives - Linked Bridge & Outdoor Retail Market [Outdoor]
With these two separated buildings, there will be linked bridges connected and ease the walking path in the whole site. Meanwhile, below the bridge, there will be several market booths being placed for retail selling of fresh food, fruits, vegetables, and many more which are selling at low prices. These booths are open to those the primary farmers and fishers to sell their food and product. This area serves as an initiative which is to help them conquer the market competition where more levels of marketing need to be gone through to reach the consumer. At the same time, it will serve the purpose of selling groceries at the most valuable price to the public community.
Section View
Axonometric View
Presentation Boards
Working Drawings
Working Drawings
Sketches & Working Progress
Sketches & Working Progress
