Cafe Critique Pollak Building 325 N. Harrison St. Richmond, VA
Shape Joshua Ford
Booth
Booth Cafe
Sketching
Model Design Lighting
Starting with observation at Stuffy’s Sandwich shop and progressing to studies of human dimensions, I first designed the seat based on the height of the popliteal dimension. Using a combination of hand and computer drawing I developed the construction of the cantilevered table using standard framing techniques.
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Scale model constructed at 1” = 1’ - 0”
Booth Cafe
Sketching
Model
Design Lighting
Cantilevered table with a skeletal framework that takes form from original sketches. Trace paper stands in for translucent wood veneer backed with resin.
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The final Booth design includes:
Booth Cafe
Sketching Model
Design
Lighting
• Seating & Electrical for 4+
• Lighting Control
• Flip out coat hooks
• LCD screen for Laptop Sharing
• Under seat storage
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Booth Cafe
Digital renderings showing internally lit, translucent booth in a night setting.
Sketching Model Design
Lighting
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Cafe
Booth Cafe
Spacing
Seating Critiquing Attracting
Booths Critique/Display Space with stackable stools
Prep/Transaction area Bar/Window Seating
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Booth Cafe
Spacing Seating
Critiquing Attracting
Inspiration for curved ceiling was taken from St. Henry’s Ecumenical Art Chapel in Turku, Finland. Pairs of booths fit nicely between two columns and face out towards the window looking over the street. The undulating form of the ceiling interacts with the higher space between the concrete columns and beams of the base building.
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Booth Cafe
Spacing Seating Critiquing
Attracting
The open space can be used for a variety of things. The two primary functions are as a gallery and as a classroom critique space. Other functions include live music and other performance oriented events. Windows at the top and bottom flank the pin-up panels and provide a connection with the exterior while minimizing distracting direct views of people or objects nearby.
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The view from the street draws the eye inside through inviting curves.
Booth Cafe
Spacing Seating Critiquing Attracting
The Glulam beams create a unique vault-like curve while also interacting with the height change provided by the beams above.
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Construction Documents/Redlines