© Austin + Mergold with Jack Fanning, Marc Krawitz and Andrew Fu

The metal grain bin silo continues to serve as a visual marker (tower!) in Central Pennsylvania's agricultural landscape, often becoming a billboard for communal or commercial promotion. We propose to create an urban cousin of the rural grain silo – the Lancaster Gateway Bundle.
The Bundle, or extended silo tower, at Lancaster Brewery solves the questions posed by the design brief and the context. It enhances the visual awareness of the site and strengthens connectivity to the downtown. It functions to engage the community on multiple levels, offering a platform for the burgeoning downtown the art scene as well as educating passers-by to stormwater management and environmental stewardship. The form and structure of the Bundle mark the transition from Lancaster's outskirts and farmland into the urban proper by tapping into the local iconography of both agriculture and beercraft and referencing symbols of national and universal significance.

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