Market

Why don’t seaside restaurants offer canned sardines on their menu when industrialization has made it possible to qualitatively optimize our food resources? Construction materials are also subject to qualitative constraints. The use of glued wood, in particular, makes it possible to use a bio-based material with optimized assembly qualities. Other construction choices are possible. 

The New Guabuliga Market completed in a remote village in Ghana’s Northern Region has emerged from the Vienna-based [applied] Foreign Affairs laboratory’s long-term engagement with the community of Guabuliga. A wide research was done in 2018 to study the market typologies of various scale and the traditions in Ghanaian regions and cities as well as the field while collaborating with Guabuliga community – Chief, board of Elders and potential market sellers.

The New Guabuliga Market completed in a remote village in Ghana’s Northern Region has emerged from the Vienna-based [applied] Foreign Affairs laboratory’s long-term engagement with the community of Guabuliga. A wide research was done in 2018 to study the market typologies of various scale and the traditions in Ghanaian regions and cities as well as the field while collaborating with Guabuliga community – Chief, board of Elders and potential market sellers.

The New Guabuliga Market completed in a remote village in Ghana’s Northern Region has emerged from the Vienna-based [applied] Foreign Affairs laboratory’s long-term engagement with the community of Guabuliga. A wide research was done in 2018 to study the market typologies of various scale and the traditions in Ghanaian regions and cities as well as the field while collaborating with Guabuliga community – Chief, board of Elders and potential market sellers.

The New Guabuliga Market completed in a remote village in Ghana’s Northern Region has emerged from the Vienna-based [applied] Foreign Affairs laboratory’s long-term engagement with the community of Guabuliga. A wide research was done in 2018 to study the market typologies of various scale and the traditions in Ghanaian regions and cities as well as the field while collaborating with Guabuliga community – Chief, board of Elders and potential market sellers.

The New Guabuliga Market completed in a remote village in Ghana’s Northern Region has emerged from the Vienna-based [applied] Foreign Affairs laboratory’s long-term engagement with the community of Guabuliga. A wide research was done in 2018 to study the market typologies of various scale and the traditions in Ghanaian regions and cities as well as the field while collaborating with Guabuliga community – Chief, board of Elders and potential market sellers.

At the beginning of 2020, a sudden epidemic resulted in the closure of Wuhan. After the people of Wuhan persisted in fighting the epidemic and the strong support of the people of the whole country, a few months later, Wuhan reopened and everything slowly went to normal. In September, my friend Mi Yangwen approached me, hoping to help design a temporary market “Yolechang2020” for free. The purpose is to implement the revitalization plan of the old neighborhood through this public welfare design activity and at the same time boost confidence in resuming work and production. I readily agreed, because, during the lockdown period, I also thought about using my own design power to do some charity design after the epidemic to help Wuhan and give back to society;

Sawmill Market is a contemporary interpretation of an unsung New Mexico — a place synonymous with electric pink sunsets, bleached white cow skulls, pinon pine and the otherworldly landscapes immortalized by Georgia O’Keeffe and D.H. Lawrence. Together with owner Jim Long (Heritage Hotels and Resorts) and F&B Concept Developers Lauren and Jason Greene (The Grove Cafe), Islyn Studio drew directly from the rich cultural heritage of the Land of Enchantment to create Sawmill Market, a food hall, culinary laboratory and homage to the cultural imagination of New Mexico.