Parti by Edgeware
One room, several planned uses
Every item here is a design goal. None of it is open to the public yet, so read it as a plan.
The drawings show the floor as a plain grid and leave the connection points out, so read that as a design intention and not as something you can see in the picture.
- 01
Daily coffee
Planned: the everyday use, open to whoever walks in.
- 02
Cocktail
Planned: the same room, reset for an evening.
- 03
Team gathering
Planned: business guests and team days in a room made for gathering.
- 04
Training
Planned: set up for a class or a course.
- 05
Launch
Planned: a room set up for showing something new.
- 06
Pop-up
Planned: a short programme in the same room, then back to something else.
Notes
All notesOne counter, morning to evening
Coffee and cocktails want the same counter. The difference is mostly what is on it, who is standing around it, and what time it is.
Keep readingAround a table, then a classroom
A reception and a class ask different things of the same floor. In a reception people face each other. In a class they face one person at the front.
Keep readingRoom for showing something
Put all six drawings side by side and the room barely changes. Lay them over one another and the shell of the room lines up exactly. Same door, same walls, same floor grid. What changes is what stands in it and who is there.
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