Day 2 Sketch Up Progress

Planning Drawings

Plan of Cafe

Now including bathrooms

Plan showing how the main entrance aligns with the jetty

Plan view of seating arrangement on jetty

Day 1 Sketch Up Progress

Texture used as Gravel

Texture used as Boatshed Roof

Texture used for tide up ramp

Texture used for Cafe floor

Sketching over Printouts

 Screenshots of the open plan boatshed from sketchup then printed with rough sketches over top.

Initial Plan of Cafe

First Plan 

Showing the potential indoor and outdoor layout.

Including meeting room for more private meetings, bar stools at the corner for the cafe to potentially transform into a bar at night.

One of the unsuccessful details in this rough layout is the positioning of the meeting room doorway, it faces one of the entrance ways which also happens to be made of glass which would easily be seen from inside and outside the cafe which removes the idea of it being a private meeting space, I have attempted to address this in my following plan.

Second plan

Double door way; main entrance and aligns with the jetty creating an easier flow for both patrons and practicality for the staff. 

Now includes two meeting rooms that face inwards allowing more privacy.

Also includes the kitchen which will also have a large window facing into the cafe so that patrons are able to see the chefs at work which is always comforting and adds to the experience. 

The amount of seating here seems slightly unpractical aswell as unrealistic however this will be easier addressed in sketch up or more to scale drawings. 

Research

Night Fever 1 Hospitality Design
Volume 1 Eat

Night Fever 2 Hospitality Design
Volume 2 Drink

Tables fluidly morph into chairs.

Open cafe through the use of vision and windows.

Would be good for the boatshed.

Chairs that can be used individually or as larger groups. 

(refer to "Forced Meetings?" post)

Meeting rooms.

Private Seating

While researching interior design in cafes I came across these booths.

The way in which they are designed with the roof and thin walls either end would, I assume, create a sense of privacy when in fact they are very open to their surroundings, this allusion would be great addition to a cafe's seating arrangement as patrons wanting a more private setting could sit within these booths. 

Seating Example Wellington

Seating found on the City to Sea Walkway

The seating, already with someone already sitting there, there is still space for another to occupy the space.