The studio encompasses the notion of socio-cultural circumstances & cultivates an admiration for the built fabric as relevant to the hospitality industry with attitudes in conservation & reuse. The focus will be on the planning, organizing & design detail of a hospitality program within an existing site. It will identify the intricacies of programming & crafting a hospitality design, while exploring spatial opportunities, and scrutinizing the values of adaptive reuse & understanding the meaning of place. It will also consider the shaping of interior space while determining interior style, material, furniture selection & design detail.
The initial weeks will focus on identifying the various functions within the hospitality industry and the principles of planning of the food & beverages component of hospitality spaces, along with exercises to identify interior style and concept creation relevant to the identity of the place. The later weeks will focus on exploration of a material palette and a design style to articulate space-making elements and reinforce the concept initiated to the final design.
The site will be an existing building with a heritage value & students have the freedom to create an identity for the project & incorporated into the design of the restaurant/café/bar.
