Research: Sidewalk Cafes

Previously I have talked about the problems faced with students in cafeteria. Before I came out with solutions, the most important thing that needs to be done first is research!

I did research on various cafes in Singapore and get a better idea on how to revamp our school cafeteria to a campus cafe which makes student want to visit more often without having problems and complaints.

Here are the pictures of cafes I took...

Fig 1 eat@ red Antz, Prinsep Plaza (2014)

 Fig 1.1 Mr Bean's Cafe, Prinsep Plaza (2014)

Fig 1.2 Senor Taco, Clarke Quay (2014)

In today’s world, many people regardless of age and other significant people frequently visits cafe around their vicinity. Most of the cafes were situated close to the places where they congregated for leisure, dining in, studying or using (if it is available) the internet access which most of them have in cafes.

Typically in a cafe, there are tables and chairs placed both indoor and outdoor around the cafe. Most cafe’s furniture are designed in conjunction with the cafe’s outlook and it gives out a quaint atmosphere. 

My purpose of writing this is to suggest some obvious reflections on my thoughts and ideas of the social space me and my group members will be focusing about; our school cafeteria. Is our design concept of implementing multi-purpose furniture bring efficiency to the cafeteria? Does it create an interactive social hub among the people?