Just look at our beautiful WesleyLife Meals on Wheels campus! We are grateful our partnership with Slingshot Architecture, which helped bring our vision to life. Check out their take below on this aesthetically and functionally superior space, which is enabling us to serve exponentially more older adults and military veterans than ever before with the delivery of healthy, hot meals. #mealsonwheels #philanthropy #healthandwellbeing
A large, welcoming front patio serves as an invitation to discover the magic that’s happening at the WesleyLife campus in Des Moines’ Drake neighborhood. Slingshot partnered with WesleyLife to repurpose a former Drake University academic building into a multi-function space that includes a new restaurant, a hub for intergenerational interaction, and the home of WesleyLife’s Meals on Wheels program, which can provide 3,000 healthy meals to seniors and military veterans every day. The basement of the building holds a hydroponic farm that produces 20,000 pounds of fresh produce every year. The restaurant, Hugo’s Wood-Fired Kitchen, was recently opened by renowned Des Moines chef Lynn Pritchard. It invites older adults, college students, Drake neighborhood residents, and foodies to experience its open-concept kitchen and expansive patio just steps away from the Drake University campus. Together, these enterprises promote wellness, combat isolation in older adults, and spark meaningful connection among diverse residents of this community. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3vuLsij #SlingshotArchitecture #Slingers #Slingshot #IowaArchitecture #Architecture #AIAIowa #InteriorDesign #AdaptiveReuse #Repurpose #BuildingReuse #BuildingTransition