Dutch architecture firm OMA has created a master plan for Food Port in West Louisville, US, which will be a centralised facility for growing, selling and distributing foods for local farmers.

The master plan proposes to regenerate a 24-acre vacant plot located on a former tobacco plant at 30th St, between Market St and Muhammad Ali Blvd.

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OMA will work with non-profit organisation Seed Capital Kentucky to transform the disused plant into a mixed use project to make it an economic and community hub.

"The diversity of programme reflects the full food chain, as well as a new foodscape of public spaces and plazas where producers and consumers meet."

OMA’s partner-in-charge Shohei Shigematsu said: "The diversity of programme reflects the full food chain, as well as a new foodscape of public spaces and plazas where producers and consumers meet."

"The Food Port acts as a catalyst to activate the surrounding neighbourhoods, exemplifying one of the complex urban relationships between architecture and food that our studio is investigating."

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OMA’s master plan seeks to integrate several key programme stages of the food chain, including a kitchen incubator, urban farm, recycling facility and programmes.

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The phases will engage directly with the public via classrooms, demonstration farm and local retail outlets.

Food Port will feature outdoor spaces such as a market plaza, food truck plaza and an edible garden, while the building will be designed with future systematic expansion in mind.

The project is expected to require an investment of $50m and generate 200 new jobs in the region.

Groundbreaking on the project is planned for later this year, and the businesses will open in phases.