Cafe Critique

Cafe CritiquePollak Building

325 N. Harrison St.Richmond, VA

ShapeJoshua Ford

Booth

Starting with observation at Stuffy’s Sandwich shop and progressing to stud-ies of human dimensions, I first de-signed the seat based on the height of the popliteal dimension.

Using a combination of hand and com-puter drawing I developed the construction of the cantilevered table using standard framing techniques.

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Cafe

Booth Sketching Model Design Lighting

Scale model constructed at 1” = 1’ - 0”

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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Cafe

Booth Sketching

Model Design Lighting

The final Booth design includes:

• Seating & Electrical for 4+

• Lighting Control • LCD screen for Laptop Sharing

• Flip out coat hooks • Under seat storage

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Cafe

Booth Sketching Model

Design Lighting

Digital renderings showing internally lit, translucent booth in a night setting.

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Cafe

Booth Sketching

Model Design

Lighting

Cafe

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Booths

Critique/Display Space with stackable stools

Prep/Transaction area

Bar/Window Seating

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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 be-tween the concrete columns and beams of the base building.

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BoothCafe 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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BoothCafe Spacing Seating Critiquing Attracting

The view from the street draws the eye inside through inviting curves.

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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BoothCafe Spacing Seating Critiquing

Attracting

Construction Documents/Redlines