Nourishing Hope 总部丨美国芝加哥丨Wheeler Kearns Architects

随着疫情期间人们对于食品安全问题的愈发重视，食品公司 Lakeview Pantry 的社区服务范围也逐渐扩大，不仅仅是为芝加哥北部地区，而是发展到为南部和西部的更多人服务。公司的名字也因此发生了变化，Nourishing Hope 由此诞生。全新的 Nourishing Hope 总部由坐落于芝加哥西镇（West Town）地区的两栋预制结构建筑改造而成，包括一栋总部大楼以及一座辅助仓库。总部建筑不仅覆盖了所需的全部办公和行政功能，扩大了公司的社会服务范围，同时也提供了充足的用于食品冷藏、冷冻和干燥存储的仓库空间。两栋建筑之间的宽阔私人小巷出人预料地发展成一处全新社交中心，总部投入使用没有多久，这里就被美丽的彩灯装点一新，为外卖取餐和户外活动创造出活泼的空间氛围。建筑的后部作为在线市场提货和送货上门项目预包装食品盒的中心枢纽，容纳了近 200 张打包台，以保证工作的顺利进行。

As food insecurity continued to rise during the pandemic, Lakeview Pantry began to evolve into more than a North-Side food pantry, warranting a change in their name as they expanded their community offerings to serve more people on the South and West sides of Chicago. Nourishing Hope was born.

Located in the West Town neighborhood, two former manufacturing structures—a head building and an auxiliary warehouse—have been repurposed into the organization’s new headquarters for all office and administration functions, expanded social services, and warehouse space for cold, frozen, and dry storage. An oversized private alley between the buildings becomes a new unexpected social center where an installation of festoon lights will soon connect the two buildings, adding a dignified atmosphere for drive-through food pickup and outdoor events.

The rear building houses nearly 200 pallets and serves as the central hub for pre-packaged boxes of food for online market pickup and home delivery programs.

▼总部外观，exterior view of the HQ

由街道望向 Nourishing Hope 总部，人们首先看到的是位于建筑突出的西立面上的一幅极具戏剧性的彩色壁画，该作品由芝加哥皮尔森艺术家 Pablo Serrano 绘制，描绘了食物从土壤中生长直到送达需要的人手中的旅程。画面中心的阴阳心灵迸发出亮黄色的光线将所有场景联系在一起，形象地表达了芝加哥的复杂挑战与社区变革力量的艺术主题。

One’s first encounter at Nourishing Hope’s new campus is a dramatic, colorful mural over the building’s prominent west façade, painted by Chicago’s Pilsen-based artist, Pablo Serrano. The mural contains thematic layers—the journey of food from the soil to people in need, the complex challenges of Chicago, the transformative power of community—bound together by bright yellow rays emanating from a yin-and-yang heart and mind at the center.

▼西立面上的壁画，colorful mural over the building’s prominent west façade

进入“后巷”后，志愿者、工作人员和客户均通过一扇具有亲人尺度的“后门”进入总部大楼。标志性的食物图形、色彩以照明系统欢迎着所有人的到来，这些元素彰显出 Nourishing Hope 的家族 DNA，带给人们无比熟悉的亲切之感，与该公司的其他配送服务网点风格保持一致。

After entering the “back alley”, volunteers, staff, and clients alike go into the head building through a friendly “back door.” Once inside, all are greeted by iconic food graphics, color, and lighting techniques; familiar DNA carried from Nourishing Hope’s other distribution and service sites.

▼室内概览，overall of interior

▼志愿者包装区域，the volunteer packing areas

除了西立面上的壁画外，本项目还以多种方式进一步与社区产生互动。原建筑朝南的砖砌窗户重新开放，三处全新的巨大天窗为社会服务/心理健康空间引入了充足的自然采光。主要工作人员区域包括一间大型会议室、多功能区、休息室、开放的旅馆式办公区，以及八间由玻璃围合的私人办公室。此外，设计团队还在二楼员工空间和仓库之间巧妙地插入了一系列室内开窗，以进一步强调不同功能区域之间的视觉连接。大胆的颜色与富有几何美感的托架定义了志愿者包装区域和公共工作人员区域。

In addition to the mural, the project further reengages with the community in myriad ways. Former bricked-in south-facing window openings are reopened. Three oversized skylights are added to naturally light social services/mental wellness spaces, primary staff areas including a large conference room, flex area, lounge, open office hoteling, and eight glazed offices. Additional internal windows are strategically inserted between the second-floor staff spaces and warehouse to further visual connections between functions. Bold colors/graphic volumes bracket/define the volunteer packing areas and common staff areas.

▼员工休息空间，the lounge area

▼开放的旅馆式办公区，the open office hoteling

▼大型会议室，the large conference room

作为该组织的第四处，同时也是其最大、最核心的办公区，新总部优化了该食品公司在线市场的运营，提高了包装线的效率，提升了组织接受更多食品捐赠的能力，进而在保证芝加哥人们的食品安全方面发挥了重要作用，为保障当地人心理健康，以及社会服务方面提供了更多的支持。

As the organization’s fourth, largest and most central location, the new headquarters is instrumental in meeting the needs of Chicagoans facing food insecurity through increased online market operation, packing lines, the ability to accept more food donations, and the new facility offers increased support for mental wellness and social services.

▼仓库，the warehouse

▼大胆的色彩与标志性 logo，bold colors with iconic logo

Project name: Nourishing Hope HQ

Project location: 1716 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622

Project type: Nonprofit

Client: Nourishing Hope

Size:

Total Building: 16,637 sf (main building), 5,008 (rear building)

Site Area: 28,581 sf

Project Budget: Confidential

Final Construction Cost: Confidential

Dates:

Start of Design: 08/01/2021

Start of Construction: 12/15/2021

End of Construction: 05/20/2022 (grand opening), 10/01/2022 (punchlist completion)

Date of Photography: 10/03/2022

Team:

Architect:

Wheeler Kearns Architects

343 S. Dearborn St.Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60604

T: 312-939-7787

Dan Wheeler, FAIA – Principal

E:

Michael Kendall, AIA – Architect

E:

GC: Oakwood Development

Structural Engineer:

Enspect Engineering

8300 Mississippi Street Merrillville, IN 46410

MEP Engineer:

Building Engineering Systems

325 W Huron Street, Suite 710 Chicago, IL 60654

Lighting Design:

Lux Populi

Arteaga 27 San Angel Mexico City CP 01000 México

Tel: 55 5025 9105

Photographer: Tom Harris Architectural Photography