TRANSFORMING LEXINGTON MARKET
Lexington is the oldest continuously operating public market in the United States. This historic landmark is not only a treasure of Baltimore for visitors, but also a center for dining and shopping for the surrounding community. The city called a request for proposal for the redevelopment of the market.
Students from MICA’s Social Design program collaborated with Seawall, the development company working on the Lexington Market redevelopment, for a human-centered design intensive weekend.
September 2019
Partners:
Seawall Development Corporation
MICA’s Center for Social Design
Process: Human-Centered Design
Role: Student design researcher
Partners:
Seawall Development Corporation
MICA’s Center for Social Design
Process: Human-Centered Design
Role: Student design researcher
For ideation, my group focused on preserving and celebrating the rich history and legacy of Lexington Market.
“How might we leverage the history of Lexington Market to reassociate the market as a fresh foods shopping destination?”
Team: Hanah Murphy, Jasmine Cothern, Eunsoo Kim
Mentor: Anne Marie
After quick facilitated brainstorming in groups, we merged, refined and iterated the prominent and feasible ideas. Quick prototyping facilitated further iterations to make sure our solutions were informed by the multiple facets of the problem.Our final concept was a Market Museum.
A live, walk-through mentions of the history throughout the market through signages and spatial experience. Our ideas involved re-branding to ensure the recognition of its past.
A live, walk-through mentions of the history throughout the market through signages and spatial experience. Our ideas involved re-branding to ensure the recognition of its past.
2020 ︎Eesha Patne ︎ eesha.patne@gmail.com