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Where do you sit?

London, United Kingdom · 2019

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A 2019 dining concept that uses one adaptable table to explore privacy, intimacy and social connection.

Size
35 m²
Source status
2020

The story

The story behind the work.

NAME architecture created Where do you sit? for the 2019 Sleep & Eat event as a study of social flexibility and the human desire for connection.

A single bespoke table forms a continuous adaptable plane. Elliptical cut-outs create different distances between diners, allowing each person to choose intimacy, privacy, proximity or inclusion within a group.

Axonometric visualisation of the interior and tables.

The 9 metre by 4 metre setting combines chairs, colour, accessories and individually directed table lamps into one shared composition. The official source describes the work as an interior concept and set, so this record does not present it as a completed building.

Axonometric visualisation of the interior and tables.
Plan drawing of the table layout.
Geometric drawing showing intersecting ellipses.
Axonometric visualisation of the table installation.

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NAME architecture

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