"IF AN ENVIRONMENT WOULD ADAPT TO OUR DESIRES,
IT WOULD SHAPE OUR EXPERIENCE".
THE INTERACTIVE RESTAURANT [BEHAVIORAL DINING]
WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT CARRIED OUT IN 2004
BY PROFESSOR MICHAEL FOX AND HIS STUDENTS AT THE
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN IN PASADENA.
THE INTERACTIVE RESTAURANT IS COMPOSED OF
SIX MAIN CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS THAT WOULD ENHANCE
THE DINING EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE USAGE OF ROBOTIC
MECHANISMS.
ALTHOUGH EACH SYSTEM IS INDEPENDENT, WHEN THEY ARE
ENCLOSED IN ONE SPACE, THEY MAKE AN INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT ADJUSTS AND CHANGES ACCORDING TO THE HUMAN BEHAVIORS THAT ARE IN ACTION.
THE SIX SYSTEMS THAT COMPOSE THE PROJECT ARE:
THE BUILT:
1] FLOORSCAPE: THE SEATING IS COMPOSED OF INFLATABLE CUSHIONS THAT INFLATE/DEFLATE AS THEY ARE APPROACHED. THE CUSHIONS WILL ADJUST TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SEATED IN A PARTICULAR AREA. ANOTHER TYPE OF SEATING THAT WAS CONCEIVED TO SERVE THE INTERACTIVE RESTAURANT CALLED THE "PUF" WILL INFLATE/DEFLATE ITS CEILINGS AND WALLS ACCORDING TO THE POSITION THE INDIVIDUALS TAKE.
2] CEILINGSCAPE: DIRECTLY ABOVE THE SEATING AREA IS LOCATED THE CANOPY THAT CAPS THE SPACE. THIS TEXTILE CANOPY WILL ALSO ADJUST TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SITUATED IN ANY GIVEN SPACE BY EITHER COLLAPSING OR RETRACTING BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION.
3] TABLE: THE TABLE IS ANOTHER INTERACTIVE PIECE THAT HAS AN EMBEDDED MICROPHONE THAT WOULD ACCTIVATE A SERIES OF LED LIGHTS. AS AN INDIVIDUAL SPEAKS, ITS MOOD WOULD BE VISUALIZED ON THE TABLE ITSELF.
THE CONCEPTUAL:
4] BAR: THIS ELEMENT IS THE THRESHOLD WITHIN THE RESTAURANT. POSITIONED BETWEEN THE SEATING AREA AND THE ACOUSTIC WALL, IT SERVES THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR A SEAT. AS A PERSON APPROACHES THE BAR, IT WILL SLIDE OUT A DRINK HOLDER THAT IS AUTOMATICALLY COOLED.
5] ACOUSTIC WALLS: THIS WALL IS THE "MAIN" WALL THAT ENCLOSES THE SEATING AREA. WHILE ITS OPAQUE IN VISUAL NATURE IT'S ACOUSTICALLY POROUS. THE WALL WILL ALLOW THE PEOPLE WAITING IN THE BAR TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE RESTAURANT, BUT WILL BE UNABLE TO VISUALLY MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SPACE. THIS WALL WILL ALSO MIX SOUND BITES FROM PREVIOUS DAYS AND MIX THEM WITH THE LIFE SOUND IN ORDER TO KEEP A CERTAIN SENSE OF ANONYMITY FROM THE BAR GUESTS.
6] VANITY/FACADE: IN THIS CASE THE FACADE HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THE CONCEPT OF THE VANITY ROOM. A SPACE THAT WOULD PULL CUSTOMERS IN THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS LIKE VOYEURISM, INTIMACY, AND INDULGENCE.
source: robotecture.com/idining/index.html
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