BUILDING PROGRAM

This stuff is all from the OAN website but I combined as much of the information they had into newish categories. As we find information about different parts of the program parts we can add links to them.

MAIN COMPLEX

Site area: 13 acres
Total facilities footprint: approx. 1300m2
External Areas:(Area: approx 470m2)|
Total occupancy: 100–140 people

* chocolate production factory (Area: approx. 400m2)

- provide a FDA & OSHA approved production area for the production of gourmet chocolate

- Work room

- Roasting room

- Melanger-broyer room

- Conching rooms

- Food store room

- Lunch room/kitchen

- Restrooms

- Service parking for delivery trucks (capacity: 3 trucks)

*staff living quarters

- 8 persons

- Restrooms

- Bedrooms

- living room

- laundry area

* a tourist visitor center (approx. 200m2 / 2)

- provide a public gathering space

- Café/chocolate tasting area

- Point of purchase area/small store

- Gallery

- Visitor restrooms

- Visitor parking (capacity: 3 buses, 10 cars)

*Community Gathering Spaces (approx. 200m2 / 2)

- Large meeting hall/auditorium (capacity: 60 persons)

- Community research library

* fair trade exchange /research center

To:

- allow direct communication with international clients

- enable the artisans to continue to create unique designs

- photograph their art and immediately post each piece on the web

- artisans crave to research design trends

- Special order chocolates, such as wedding favors or specialized holiday gifts.

Needs:

- Computer training room

- Small photography and graphics studio

- Server closet

*Offices

- Administrative offices (2)

*Greenhouse/Botanical Gardens

*Picnic Area

MODEL/PROTOTYPE FOR 3 SATELLITE TECH HUBS

Site: off-site, undetermined
Facility footprint: approx. 3 m2
Total occupancy: 6-8 people

- located off the main site in remote and semi-rural villages.

- 1 Design

- small independent structures, kiosks, addition to an existing structure, partitioned space within an existing structure

- Can be permanent or semi-permanent

Meant to:

- provide communication resources to international markets for rural artisans
enable artisans to receive and print orders for their handicrafts directly from overseas vendors

- provide access to the internet to allow artisans to research design trends to then modify their traditional designs to modern fashions

- communicate with Kallari's administrative offices and staff in the main complex

Needs:

• 3 computer workstations per hub
• Secure storage
• Printing equipment

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

*sustainable and/or local building materials (bamboo, thatch and wood)

* using local labor to realize their design.

*respect and protect the unique environment and biodiversity of the Ecuadorian Amazon. *They must also honor the traditions and culture of the Kichwa-speaking (Northern Quechua) indigenous community.