Table Manners
We believe that all built form has its own visual language and tells a story of place, history, and culture. The intention for this intervention is not to disguise or ignore the existing structure but instead lightly intervene atop the solid concrete mass. Through minimal material, a functional, curious space appears.
‘Table Manners’ is a site-specific intervention poised atop an existing industrial structure. Even in the most unassuming objects at Asiat park, a social history can be discovered. The stilted design works with the existing to facilitate a space that is economical yet does not attempt to rewrite or conceal existing visual history. The proposed design instead is a lightweight pavilion juxtaposing the heavy concrete base below. This space provides occupants with a place to interact as well as look out and observe from. At the centre of the pavilion lies an 11-metre-long table, accompanied by an eclectic mix of marketplace sourced chairs.
