Most seating arrangements are sterile, people avoid them, nothing ever happens there. Others seem somehow to gather life around them, to concentrate and liberate energy. What is the difference between the two?... C. Alexander / Sara Ishikawa / Murray Silverstein, from A Pattern Language... A Pattern Language was first published in 1977, but its relevance has never diminished. It was a comprehensive study of patterns of human behaviour, and how they relate to space, design, architecture as well as how our architecture effects behaviour in return. A biblical collection of findings in relation to design, delivered in an amusingly dogmatic... if the statements are not accepted immediately as a truth, they always make rich contribution to any design development. Applied Senses criteria for seating areas that work: ° Mixed choice of seating types ° Alcoved position... no possibility of walking through ° Abundance of natural light ° Great views, and a vantage point for other activity ° Circular, in terms of the sitters facing each other ° Physically comfortable and un-cluttered We recently worked on a kitchen in Songsvan, Oslo. This mixture of fixed seating (with under seat storage) as well as vintage furniture loose furniture is definitely a place to gather, to rest, to read a paper, or to eat an informal meal. Retro kitchen units by Kvanum. Images featured in Interiør Maagazinet.
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