FARM ->TO->MARKET

Winner of 2024 APWA Genesee Valley Structural Project of the Year

Brighton Winter Farmers’ Market
Brighton, NY

On the site of an abandoned farm, a town sows the seeds for community vitality through design.

Our master plan re-animates the property for civic use inside and out, repurposing old barns as community spaces and outdoor performance.

Most recently we’ve designed and built this market shed to host the successful Brighton Winter Farmers’ Market.

• The market shed takes its cues from the buildings on the property - unassuming, rhythmic, and pragmatic.

• Corrugated siding, translucent windows, exposed steel structure and simple finishes on the interior.

• The shed-roofed form opens to the south to ensure a daylit interior so that winter market Sundays are happy communal places.

• South-facing openings are summer-protected by overhangs high and low. Their brackets — inspired by agricultural buildings at rural county fairs — provide depth and dimensionality, a play of light and shadow, and a signature, nuanced visual language that expresses the new purpose of this old farmstead.

The overall effect is a seamless integration with the spirit of the farmers’ market - unpretentious, rooted in place, bright, and animated by its people, its produce and its purpose.

Client: Town of Brighton

Size: 3,750 sf

Contractor: Building Innovation Group

Photographers: Tim Wilkes Photography