DINING DISORDER
Natalie Fantozzi Interior Design
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Introduction They move and adapt to the spaces they occupy, each in a unique way. Our interiors are often defined for us. It remains a static space that the user must conform to. This is the Each person is unique and the body opposite of the body. The body is moves in its own unique way. So why a dynamic form that is unique and don’t our interiors do the same? Our ever changing. What if our interiors reflect these qualities, movements, bodies are constantly occupying and decisions? spaces whether that be interior or exterior. How can users define their own interior spaces through the use of their bodies’ movements and the decisions they make?
Materiality Initial materiality studies provided insight into how our bodies interact with different materials. The forms and qualities come to light when the body is forced to interact with it in an untraditional way.
New micro-interiors are formed from the body’s movements. The material also reacts to the body’s movements. Each material has advantages and disadvantages from lighting, formality, and responsiveness.
Latex
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Mesh
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Foil
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Typology The restaurant. Restaurants are a seemingly unchanged landscape today and have been for a while. From fast-food to fine dining the ritual is similar and orderly. They follow a strict sequence from the moment you arrive through the door to the moment you pay your bill and exit. The typology of the restaurant is challenged through this study. It changes and evolves with the user’s movements and needs.
The typology changes from a static seating arrangement to a dynamic movement that follows each individual user. No landscape will ever look the same because no one person is the same. An undulating and whimsical movement is formed within the space. It also forces the user to make decisions. Unlike in a typical restaurant where many of the decisions are made for you.
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Site The site is an existing restaurant located in Cincinnati’s historic Over the Rhine district. Over the Rhine boats numerous restaurants and is a destination for most. With many restaurants to compare to, this site offers an ideal place to showcase the contrasting typologies of a traditional restaurant to this.
Additionally, the existing restaurant is a corner building located next to Findlay Market. With many walking pedestrians, they can get a glimpses of this constantly moving and changing space from the exterior. This brings and intriguing and inquisitive nature to the space.
Over the Rhine
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Floor Plan in Motion
Starting Position Floor Plan
Movement 02 Floor Plan
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Movement 01 Floor Plan
Movement 04 Floor Plan
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Choreography As the users choose their chair and move it around to a desired location, the fabric follows. The space then has a sense of disorderly choreography to it.
There is no longer order within the space or sequence of how to move through it. It is now an everchanging scene with constant motion. This web-like landscape is formed.
Dynamics
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FRONT FRONT
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SIDE 01 SIDE
BACK BACK
SIDE SIDE02
Details
LAYERED MESH MATERIAL
RUBBER GROMMET METAL HOOK
FORMED ACRYLIC
ACRYLIC MATERIAL FELT PADDING FOR MOBILITY
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Least Private
Semi - Private
Most Private
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The Lone Diner
The Family
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The Couple
The Get-Together
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Structure The structure that holds these fabric projections was intentional. The static structure contrasts the flexible movement of the fabric. The evenly spaced beams allow the user’s movements to highly contrast the original starting position.
With the static structure the user is forced to interact with the fabric to create their own interior. Additionally, the structure covers the entire space vertically to force the landscape reach above the 4’ restaurant table.
ALUMINUM PROFILE
LINEAR LIGHT
FABRIC HOOKS SLIDING TRACK
PERFORMANCE MESH FABRIC
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Exploded Axon
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BEAM STRUCTURE
FABRIC STARTING POSITION
SEATING STARTING POSITION
Lighting Qualities Lighting Qualities
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Lighting Qualities
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Within the Space
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Starting Position
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Thank You
Natalie Fantozzi Interior Design