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The Farmers Market Pavilion and Plaza

Location: Eugene
Size: 8,515 square feet
Cost: $9 million
Start: June 2021
Completion: June 2022
Owner/Developer: city of Eugene
Owner’s representative: Shiels Obletz Johnsen
Main Tenant: Lane County Farmers Market
Architect: Cameron McCarthy Gilbert, FFA Architecture + Interiors
Engineer: Mazzetti, PAE
General Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis
Submitting Company: Lease Crutcher Lewis
Subcontractors: Advance Cabinet Designs, Bell Hardware of Eugene, Colors NW, Delta Construction, DR Johnson Wood Innovations, ES&A Sign & Awning Co., Hermanson Co., Jet Industries, Lacey Glass, McKenzie Glass, Mid-Valley Commercial Construction, Overhead Door Co. of Eugene-Springfield, Primo Construction, Richey Wrecking, Rubenstein’s Contract Carpet, Smith Sheet Metal, Snyder Roofing of Oregon, SteelFab Oregon, Superior Electric & Construction, Third Generation Paint

The Farmers Market Pavilion and Plaza has breathed new life back into the downtown core of Eugene and will help encourage economic growth for the quaint, yet vibrant community for many years to come. The ‘town square’ concept utilizes the downtown park blocks and creates a permanent home for both the Lane County Farmers Market and Eugene Saturday Market. To ensure the project incorporated the community’s vision, there were nearly 10,000 people that provided feedback through surveys, attendance at stakeholder and public events, and via email and social outreach. The goal was to create a pavilion that was inclusive yet unique to Eugene, where people could feel a sense of community and belonging.

Inspired by the simplicity of greenhouses, the design utilizes polycarbonate and glass facades that light up the building at night. There is a large market hall indoors, along with a demonstration kitchen, storage, and all-user restrooms. There are large glass roll-up doors, and the pavilion interior was crafted with a mass timber wood structure composed of cross-laminated timber (CLT) fabricated by local, family-owned business DR Johnson.

Colored concrete, carefully crafted in a mosaic pattern, along with native trees strategically placed throughout, brings an artsy warmth to the space. To ensure ADA accessibility and walkability, the team used a Silva Cell system beneath the trees so the tree roots can expand below grade. In addition, the plaza features a demonstration pollinator garden, lush with native plant species that attract bees.

The site originally held a parking garage demolished before construction could begin. The demolition contractor crushed all concrete from the parking garage and reused it on-site. This amount of concrete provided the base fill for the project site. The team partnered with BRING, one of the nation’s oldest non-profit building recyclers, who took material that couldn’t be reused on-site, such as pavers and cyclone fencing, to resell for builders in need.