“Together, we are enabling local food at a global scale, meeting the rising demand for produce that is fresher, responsibly grown and traceable from seed to shelf.”

Kenosha, Wisconsin / Springfield, Ohio
12,000 sf / Partial-Prefab New Construction
Completed 2022 / 2023

”Fresh, locally grown greens, all year round.” A simple idea, with a deceptively complex system behind it - a building system that we’ve been collaborating with Square Roots to deliver in a faster, more reliable, and more efficient way.

Square Roots is an urban indoor farming company growing local, wildly-tasty food while training the next generation of leaders in agriculture. Over the past several years Via Chicago has been working side-by-side with Square Roots to help expand their footprint across the Midwest. Built from shipping containers, Square Roots' distributed network of modular farms are able to recreate ideal growing conditions from around the world - without pesticides or GMOs. This will dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed to move food from farm-to-table, as each load of greens leaves the farm and enters the supply chain in a matter of feet, not miles.

Design Architect: Via Chicago
Architect of Record: Dan Vos Construction Co.
General Contractor (Kenosha): Catalyst Construction
General Contractor (Springfield) Cincinnati Commercial Contracting
Civil Engineer (Kenosha): Nielsen Madsen + Barber
Civil Engineer (Springfield): Evans Engineering
MEP Engineer (Springfield): E3M Solutions
Shipping Container Fabricator: Falcon Structures

Featured on CBS58, May 2023
Featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 2023
Featured in Dayton Daily News, September 2022
Featured in Kenosha News, August 2022
Featured in The Produce News, August 2022
Featured in Kenosha News, July 2021
Featured in Fast Company, March 2019