Urban Neighbourhood: Halifax Seaport Farmers Market

While I was living in Nova Scotia I always enjoyed visiting the weekend farmers market that took place in and around the Alexander Keith's Brewery in downtown Halifax, it has a diverse array of vendors and some of the best samosas I've ever eaten. Public markets are an enjoyable place to buy food and offer their vendors a way to offer their foods at competitive prices, I have loved making use of the local street market and larger public markets both here at home and while living overseas.
The Halifax Farmers Market is out growing its current space and is looking to move a little further down the bay to the warehouse adjoining the historic and recently reopened Pier 21. The Halifax Seaport Farmers Market will be housed in a state of the art facility and be built to high performance sustainable design principles to minimize energy use to 80% of a conventional market, combining day lighting strategies, hyper-efficient envelopes, passive/active ventilation and efficient thermal systems. The market will be built to achieve LEED Gold Certification. The Halifax Seaport Farmers Market will be designed to bring together the land and sea and the rural/urban divide. Reconnecting the city with its waterfront and creating spaces for rural artisans and farmers.

Shed 20 will be renovated and serve as the seawall entrance to the Halifax Port Authority's entire seaport development program. The Market will be a cornerstone for the redevelopment of the Seaport area and the adjoining Cruise Ship Terminal will showcase Halifax's goal of being a smart, healthy city with a vibrant economy and culture.

The Market will have a number of high efficiency features;

Hyper-efficient envelope and glazing
Green Roof - Coastal Habitat
Daylight Harvesting and control systems
Occupancy Sensors
Passive Ventilation
Displacement delivery
Heat Recovery
Radiant hydronics
Low VOC materials
Rooftop Farming

LEED Certification: LEED Gold
Sustainable strategies:
Recycling current envelope
Reusing existing frame and roof
Storm Water Conservation/rainwater harvesting
Low flow toilets, waterless urinals
FSC certified wood products