Community College Student Pantry and Storage

Working closely with the college’s staff, a valued-engineered solution for flexible storage in the food pantry was designed with custom adjustable shelves that do not require additional hardware. The interior edges are cut in angled cleats so the support bars can adjust to the height required for the inventory without needing additional tools. The existing steel shelving is temporary, placed where multiple new receptacles were installed for future refrigerated appliances. Additionally, a value-engineered solution for HVAC was budget friendly and did not require the college to reconfigure the existing HVAC supply.

A Community College adds a Student Pantry to provide the student population with support materials for daily living. Donations are received in a variety of quantities, and must be well organized visually for inventory control. Principal Bob Conklin, AIA, Muhlenberg Greene Architects, shares his design thinking solution for providing the college with adjustable shelving units that do not require dismantling or additional hardware by using angled cleats in the design.