David Baker + Partners Architects: Slow Food Nation

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Slow on the Go Design Team David Baker FAIA LEED AP Amanda Loper LEED AP Jessica Cunningham Cass Calder Smith AIA Dera-Jill Lamontagne AIA LEED AP Bryan Southwick	Come to the table! DB+P is happy to be one of many local creative firms tapped to design and build the infrastructure for Slow Food Nation, a grand food event taking place around the city over Labor Day weekend.
The Slow on the Go food stands with canopy during the event. Image: Mark Darley Slow on the Go Vendors Vik’s Chaat Corner Berkeley, California Primavera Tamales Boyes Hot Springs, California Blue Bottle Coffee Company Oakland, California Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams Madisonville, Tennessee S. Wallace Edwards & Sons’ Virginia Ham Madisonville, Tennessee Salumi Artisan Cured Meats Seattle, Washington Salumeria Biellese New York, New York Fatted Calf Napa, California Out the Door San Francisco, California Imperial Tea Court San Francisco, California Bi-Rite Creamery San Francisco, California RoliRoti Berkeley, California El Huarache Loco San Francisco, California Let’s Be Frank San Francisco, California	The Victory Garden and Slow on the Go area in front of San Francisco City Hall during the 2008 Slow Food Nation event. Image: Mark Darley We teamed up with CCS Architecture to create Slow on the Go, an open-air area of local vendors cooking and serving up "slow fast food" in Civic Center Plaza. Slow on the Go and the Marketplace—an area offering tastes of foods that meet with Slow Food's "good, clean, fair" philosophy—flanked the Victory Garden in front of City Hall. The garden will remain in place through November. Our 14 vendor booths featured street food—small sweet and savory items that you eat as you stroll.
Volunteers step up. Slow on the Go Volunteers Lorelei Lamberson Jeshka Dold Lucinda Otto Catherine Keep Evan Schively drops off the massive eucalyptus planks that will serve as Slow on the Go's countertops.	Designer Amanda Loper takes a peek at the "Come to the Table" canopy. The Civic Center was overflowing all weekend. People were very happy with both the farmers market and the food booths. Even though lines were long, they moved fast and spirits remained high. A much overheard sentiment about Civic Center Plaza that weekend: "I wish it could always be like this!" A book featuring the designers and the designs of Slow Food Nation is in the works.
Burlap coffee sacks collected from Blue Bottle Roasters will skirt the vendor booths. Marcus Guillard of Scene2, the production company building Slow on the Go.	The canopy in action!
Materials Path Scaffolding: Rented and returned Eucalyptus planks: Borrowed, returned to Evan Schively to be milled into lumber Straw bales: Donated to Clancy's Pumpkin Farm in San Francisco to be used in seasonal displays and then scattered on next year's pumpkin patch. Flame-retardant muslin tarps: Donated to local production shop Scene2 to be used as scenic backdrops Signs: Returned to the DB+P woodshop to be repurposed into Park(ing) Day signage Canopy: Donated to local maker Jenny Hurth to be made into reusable shopping totes. Soon to be for sale through the Slow Food Nation website.
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