The way we consume food has change drastically throughout the years by breaking the conventional, communal ritual with a solitary ritual. Food creates the space for celebration, for ceremony, for gathering and becomes an infrastructure for hospitality. The projects aims to use specific spaces to build a different ritual of collective dining.
The garden square, the pub, the tavern, the inn and high streets have been embedded in British culture historically but are not usually thought about when describing privatised public space. The design aims to connect these spaces through two ways. Firstly by connecting the square to its surrounding privatized public spaces (such as pubs, shelters and universities), where the spaces can assist the square with amenities such as toilets, storage space, water, food etc. Each one of these amenities operate at specific times, so my design will highlight the difference in the functioning of the square depending on the time of day or year. Secondly the design proposes tools of ritual that begin in the square and bleed out into the streets of city. These tools include tables, screens and platforms which seem to be floating objects individually but work together to create a system of rituals.

Bedford Square, Stepped Platforms, Digital Collage

Platform Arrangement A

Platform Arrangement B

Platform Arrangement C

Platform Arrangement D

Platform Arrangement E

Bedford Square, Removing the Boundary

Bedford Square, Canopy over the Sunken Platform, Digital Collage

Bedford Square, Screens around the Sunken Platform, Digital Collage

Bedford Square, Food and Dining Logistics

Bedford Sqaure, Food and Dining Infrastructure A
Bedford Sqaure, Food and Dining Infrastructure B
