The Windsor Super Market by Studio H a public high school “design/build” curriculum that sparks rural community development through real-world, built projects.

Last year, Studio H (high school) students designed and built (and started, as an enterprise) the Windsor Super Market: a local community farmers market for Bertie County. After a hugely successful season last spring/summer/fall, the market re-opened on April 21st for its second full season. With over 30 vendors in the association, there is an assortment of produce, homemade baked goods, crafts, jams, pickles, shrimp, and more.

Windsor Super Market was designed and fabricated by high school students as part of their design-build class:

While each of our five proposed designs had multiple exciting elements, the simple beauty, functionality, and straightforward construction process led us to choose the “Super Stable” concept originally developed by CJ and Stevie. The simple design has a clear direction, facing Water Street as a welcoming facade (which we may paint with signage), with the rear easily accessible for trucks to pull up and unload. The form is very much influenced by the local peanut trailer sheds (shown below), which use similarly proportioned bays. The design is “vernacular sublime,” taking something familiar and elevating it to a different purpose and feeling. The Town councilmen seemed to appreciate the design that was at the same time approachable and fresh.