[Dialogue] renovated kitchen at 4750

[Terry Bergdall]

Don (and to all who might be asking the same questions), the first floor
kitchen was closed a long time ago (in approximately 1990) with a new one
being established in the southwest corner of the Lawrence wing on the sixth
floor. It is this 20+ year old kitchen that was just renovated. As I
mentioned in an earlier "amendment" to my original message, a new
greenhouse has been created in the corner. Besides herbs it will produce
green leafy salad produce and some tomatoes. I am working on growing
arugula.

Some of the current residents, and their guests, who you might recognize
are Ed Feldmanis, Marge Philbrook, Lela Philbrook, and her father, Larry,
who was visiting from Taiwan, Pam Bergdall, Dennis Jennings, James
Addington, and Cheryl Hood, who was visiting from Seattle. Most of the
others were residents that you probably don't know and some of ICA-USA's
current staff:  Lesley Showers, Nina Winn, Fara Taylor, Tyra Taylor, and
Seva Gandhi. I wish you all had a chance to personally meet these very fine
people (and the rest of the staff, all of whom are terrific).

There definitely is no lunch cafeteria for daytime offices (which implies a
cook and commercial food service). The image of the new kitchen is sharp
contrast as a "shared family-style community kitchen." Everyone has their
own cupboard and storage basket in the refrigerator and freezer. People can
choose to share prep & clean-up of meals with selected others, or not. We
have tried to incorporate basic features of "co-housing" principles into
the design. These provide space that allows community life when desired --
and individual life when that is preferred. These co-housing features are
key component, I think, to creating a successful community residence today.
The new kitchen is certainly catalyzing a new discussion among the 25 or so
of us who currently are living on the upper floors of 4750. It also is
expanding our interpretation of "community" because it also involves ICA
staff who work on the sixth floor during the day but who do not live here
the rest of the time (though there is a growing group of staff who are
choosing to live here as well). It is a very dynamic community environment.


Terry

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Don Hinkelman <hinkel at sgu.ac.jp> wrote:

> Lovely pictures, Terry.  Makes me want to come over and join you all for
> dinner!
>
> By the way, is it actually in the same location as the old commercial
> kitchen on first floor?  Or on an upper floor?
> Does it mean that the kitchen serves as lunch cafeteria during the day for
> all the offices, as well as a breakfast/dinner area for residents?
> Was that a herb garden I noticed? That seems in keeping with the new name
> of the building "Green Rise".
> It would be nice to see the names of all the people (I recognize only a
> few faces) on the "Group2" photo.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenrise/6911236254/in/set-72157629768903539/
>
> Cheers,
> Don
>
>
>
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