Rochester Public Market

Rochester, New York

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Winner of 2018 AIA Rochester Design Excellence Award

Winner of 2018 AIA Rochester Mayor's Award

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BACKGROUND

The City retained the consultant design team to study potential renovations and expansions to the existing ‘Wintershed’ (Shed B) at the Rochester Public Market.  In order to establish a broader view of the entire market, the scope of the project evolved into a comprehensive Master Plan.  

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The Master Plan outlined recommendations, and identified proposed renovations and new construction, to accomplish the primary goals set forth by the Market and its constituents: Create an active market throughout the entire week and year. Ensure service to a wide diversity of customers. Create modernized facilities to meet the needs of current and future vendors. Expand the number of vending spaces under cover. Provide a variety of vending options.

MASTER PLAN

The Master Plan addressed the Market’s needs by: drawing from the intrinsic logic of the original 1905 market plan; embracing evolving trends in market vending; and by establishing circulation patterns and aesthetic gestures that carefully stitch the market together architecturally.

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The key features of Phase One included: A new open ‘Shed D’ on the approximate footprint of an original market shed; A new enclosed ‘Shed B’, replacing the original ‘Wintershed’, to accommodate food producers and produce vendors, provide a wider the circulation aisle, add public restrooms, and upgrade utilities; And the incorporation of four new flanking food kiosks.

ARCHITECTURE

The architecture is straight-forward and functional. Shed D was designed as a modern interpretation of the original open sheds. Shed B provides transparency with its large north-facing operable window wall that visually connects the once isolated facility with the rest of the market. And the food kiosks are built from recycled shipping-containers.