EF ZIN Market
EF ZIN Market
Program: Wellbeing Cooperative
Year: 2019
Location: New York
Status: Concept
Design Team: Niki Kourti, Anam Ahmed
Tutor: Tei Carpenter
GSAPP, Columbia University
MSc Advanced Architectural Design
Ef zin is a wellbeing cooperative that operates without any money and challenges the notion that wellbeing is a luxury, by making it accessible to everyone and anyone in New York City. Revolving around the core concepts of connection, giving back, activity and learning, visitors donate time to engage with both the mental and the physical sides of wellness.
The building is conceived as an open space, performing as a greenhouse in the winter and a porous building in the summer. It includes scattered volumes that are stacked and shifted in the air, allowing for intermediate garden and collective spaces.