Warehouse Conversion

Team

Chester's Community Charitable Corporation
KSS Architects LLP

Context

A new food co-op in Chester, PA—currently borrowing space one morning each week to sell fresh produce and bread—needs its own, larger space to increase its food offerings and the number of days it is open.

Site

The co-op is considering a four-story, 32,000 square foot former furniture store and warehouse located at the gateway to the Chester Central Business District.

Challenge

To develop a design that will allow the co-op to grow in phases, use the upper floors for related programming such as an incubator kitchen, and turn two adjacent vacant lots into outdoor space or parking.