The Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream location in Westlake, Ohio is 3,195 square feet and features a generous patio, abundant landscaping and green features throughout the site.
Mitchell’s aspires to create special places of community gathering that complement their surrounding neighborhood. The Westlake location has a clean and modern appearance that blends interior and exterior seating areas with transparency and lightness. It achieves this through ample daylighting and a light palette of brick, wood, and metal.
The building is surrounded by an oasis of plantings and permeable paving, highlighting the owner’s sensitivity towards water usage and storm water management. The extended roof enables rainwater harvesting for the restrooms.