A 15-barrel brewery located on a small island-like site on the Mississippi river in Minneapolis, Minnesota with a restaurant, kitchen and taproom. My design solution is inspired by water — my brand, Laughing Water, comes from the Native American word Minnehaha (the word for waterfall, also the name of the famous waterfall in Minneapolis) which translates into laughing water (an appropriate name for beer). I had the idea of creating a piece of architecture that allows people to flow through it in the way water naturally flows. I looked at how sediment forms (for programmatic spaces I wanted to remain more stagnant) and how tributaries meander to a watershed and then back out as deltas or alluvial fans (for spaces of movement). My process has been rooted in making models by hand and drawing in section (both analog and digitally). Areas I hope to improve on, especially with continuing this project next quarter, are to heighten the more experiential aspects of the program (to inspire a greater appreciation for beer among users), sort out the logistical aspects of the project with deliveries and potentially attempt gravity-added brewing.