Heidelberg Urban Farm
- Digital Graphics
- Hand Graphics
- Research
- Video Editing
This 15-month research and design project merges the growing public art and urban farming movements in Detroit through the creation of an art-based urban farm at the Heidelberg Project. This approach demonstrates the potential for art-based urban agriculture to increase neighborhood investment and opens up possibilities of how urban farming could serve as a nexus for other forms of neighborhood redevelopment.
To learn about the neighborhood and speak with stakeholders, two teammates and I led a public art event in the summer of 2010 where participants were invited to share their stories of the Project and paint a ceramic tile. These interviews were videotaped and later edited into an 11-minute documentary.
Finally, I developed a research paper (download PDF) and presentation about urban agriculture and art in Detroit, which I presented at the CELA conference in 2011.
Research + site development
Community art event + video production
Design exploration + development
Research + analysis
The design for the Heidelberg Project Urban Farm merges urban agriculture with public art
Summer in the children’s garden
Planter beds in a variety of heights and shapes allow for people with a wide range of physical capabilities to garden comfortably
A gathering area outside the teaching kitchen provides space for hosting community events
Detailed plan view of children's and demonstration gardens
Detailed plan view of community garden and orchard