By Lisa Brown for GlobeSt.com –  Passage at San Mateo is filling the gap for many unmet needs within the mid-peninsula region. The project designed by MVE Architects takes a unique approach to public/private space with a passage throughout the site, incorporating local art and architecture into all aspects of the design, down to the signage.  Another key component of the site is the SEED Market Food Hall that capitalizes on the food hall phenomenon that is so prevalent in many parts of the country. Pieter Berger, senior associate partner of MVE Architects, and Mark Manguera, president and placemaker, Paradigm Coast Group, recently discussed the phenomenon in the second of a two-part exclusive.