Design Results 4

This are the two videos that Isa, one of our classmates, recorded. The first one is only about 3 minutes long and the second one is 18 minutes long. Although they are two separated videos, the second one follows the first one.

Design Process 5

Making this proyect possible was a bit difficult for us, because each of us had different ideas, but finally we reached the better solutions and we were able to decide which ideas will be the most appropiate for our coffe shop.
At the beginning we thought of improving our canteen by incorporating vending machines or maybe coffee and hot chocolate makers, kettle teapots or juice squeez. But this didn´t convince us, so we decided that the best place in the school to put the coffe shop was the “Tilo´s Garden”, known by students as “Cuadrado”. Another idea that didn´t come true was to keep the Tilo. Because there isn´t much space in this place, we thought that it would be better to take it off, but we solved this problem when we realised that it would be nice that there is a smaller tree in the outdoors with some plants.
But we also had some challenges that succeded, such as the outside terrace, the second floor or the recycled materials that should be used to build the coffe shop.
Listening to our classmates we realised that we should have thought about some other issues before, like the used that the parents will give to it, the students account or the people that will work there.

Introduction

We are Clara Heredia, Pablo Heredia, Guillermo Domínguez and Almudena Miláns del Bosch and we have gone through a project about designing a coffee shop in our school.
It was a few weeks before Christmas when our english teacher encouraged us to do a project like this, and we instantly started coming with ideas and plans, we were very enthusiastic. Our aims were to design a place that everyone in the school could use to have a chat, play cards, have a bite and unwind without being cold (during winter) or hot (during summer).
We knew from the first moment we wanted to design a coffee shop, so the first thing we did was to go outside and search for the best space where it could fit. We came to the conclusion that the Tilo’s garden was the ideal place, as it’s not very used, and it connects with the secretary’s room, the toilets and the eating room. We took measures and we started making drafts, trying some ideas and rejecting others, until we came with the final design, and also with basic statements of how would it work.
We presented our project in our school, and everyone had a good reaction on it. They told us a few things we had to consider, so we worked on them to improve the project.
When we finished it, we felt satisfied, as it covered our expectations. It also has been a gratifying experience, and we hope everyone will enjoy and like it.

Design Process 4

We presented the whole project in class in order to see what our classmates thought about it. Pablo started the presentation making a brief summary of how our Coffee Shop is going to be and describing its main objectives and advantages, Guille and Almu talked about the prototype designs, construction of the building and distribution of the space inside it, and Clara explained everything concerning employees, prices and children accounts, and gave a little talk about what were our roles when developing the project.
After all of this, we asked our classmates if there were any questions, and they were really participative. They proposed a lot of new ideas that we wrote down, took into consideration and decided to put into practice.
Our whole presentation was recorded by Isa, one of the students, and you can find it in Design Results 4.

Design Brief 4

Presenting our project to our classmates and listening to their opinions and contributions made us think of a few things we hadn’t taken into consideration.
First of all, we realised that this Coffee Shop would be perfect not only for students but also for parents. A lot of them stay after school chatting with teachers or with other parents while their children play, and we are sure they would enjoy a comfortable place like this one.
Besides, it would also be used during special events such as “Calle Peatonal” or “April Fool’s Day”.
Another point that we discussed was creating “Coffee Shop Accounts” for students, as we figure parents may not want their children to bring any money to school (as they could lose it, or someone could steal it from them). These accounts work pretty well in other schools. Each student would have one, and they would be filled by parents with as much money as they want their kids to spend. The school would assign a number to each account, and each student would have to memorise it to be able to order. This method would prevent children from handling money and would also speed up the queues.
Our classmates asked us about what type of food would be on sale. We would like it to be kind of healthy and varied. It could include juice, fruit, sandwiches and salads, and not many snacks or cans of soda.
Another point we talked about was service. We think that two people to take care of clients would be enough and the only problem with this is that the school would have to hire them. Anyway, taking into consideration that this Coffee Shop would be a source of income for the school, the expenses wouldn’t be as high.
Finally, some of our classmates suggested that bachillerato students should have preferences (as our recess are shorter) and should be able to jump the queues if they are too long. Everyone seemed to agree, so it’s something that the school could bare in mind.

Design Results 3

We don’t need to make any changes to our prototype design, as everyone agreed on the location and disposition of the coffee shop. Some people suggested it’s a little bit small, but there’s nothing we can do, as our school is not too big.
There is a video that one of our classmates recorded while we were presenting our project, you can find in Design Results 4. It shows us explaining the main aspects of the design and our classmates asking questions and suggesting new ideas.

Design Process 3

In this part of our proyect we used an application called “My Four Walls” so we were able to design how we wanted to be our coffe shop.

During the desiging we realized that the tree that was in the middle of the “Tilo´s garden” was impossible to keep in our proyect. So we came up with a new idea: we thought that there should be another tree, smaller than the previous one, in the outdoor space.

Then we decided where to put each of the things which are supposed to be indoors, such as ther bar table, the wall unit where all the food is going to be or the storage where the coffe machine or the orange juice machine are going to be.

We also decided that the stairs should be spiral stairs, so the coffee shop will have a retro touch.

At the outdoors, we thought that there should be some plants next to the tables.

And we also thought of putting some paintings in the wall of the second floor, even students could be the ones that paint these paintings.

Design Results 2

We’ve used an application called “My Four Walls” to design our coffee shop.

This is the first floor. As you can see, the indoors space measures 6mx4m and the outdoors space 6mx2m.
In the indoors space, they fit two 60cmx60cm tables, as there has to be space for people to make queues.
There is a white bar table, where the service sells the food. At the back of the room there is a wall unit were all the food and products will be kept. Also, at the right, there is a storage were white goods like coffee and hot drinks machines, orange juice machines, toasters and microwaves will be.
At the back of the room, at the left, there will be spiral stairs to go to the second floor. Our program didn’t allow to put stairs, but we will show an example later on.

Outdoors, there will be three tables for sunny days, and we want to put some plants to decorate it.

The wall unit will be this one:

The stairs will be these ones:

There will be a coffee and hot drinks machine like this one, maybe two, and an orange juice machine like this one:

This is the second floor. It sizes 6mx6m, as in the first floor, the outdoors space is covered by this floor.
As you can see in the picture, there are three doors, one on the left wall (that connects will the school’s eating room) and and other two on the back (that connect with the toilets). There are also three windows.

There are 15 tables, 60cmx60cm.

This is a 3D view of the second floor:

We want to put some drawings on the walls to decorate them, drawings that children will do, and also one clock in each floor so the students don’t arrive late to their lessons. Both floors will have air conditioning and heating.

Design Brief 3

Design Brief 3:

When started to design the coffee shop, with real sizes, we came to the conclusion that there was not a lot of space. This was because the area was not very big and because the tree occupies to much space in both floors. Also, to save the tree was very complicate because in the second floor, there there would have to be a great circle in the center, that not only would be difficult to construct, but it would be inconfortable and dangerous. So, removing the tree was necessary, but we would put a smaller one in the outdoors space, and some other plants.
Except for that detail, everything we had in our mind was possible. In the first floor, not a lot of tables could be stablished because we had to think in the queues,  but in the second floor there was enough space for a lot of tables.

Design Results

The area where we want to build the Coffee Shop  is 6 metres long and has a width of 6, so both floors would measure 36 m2 each. In the first floor, the outdoors space would measure 12 m2 and the indoors space 24 m2. We’ve calculated that we could place 14 tables of 60x60 cm. 









 
Once we knew the measures of the building, we made an approximate plan of the distribution and the structure of the Coffee Shop. This was just a rough draft, to have things clear, but without exact sizes.


 

Design Process 2

In this part of the project we went to the “Tilo’s garden” to measure the area and create a mental picture of our Coffee Shop. We also took a few pictures of the place and started suggesting new ideas and contributions for our project.
To measure the area we used a metre rule (which our teacher lent us)  and to take the pictures we used our mobile phones.
As there were some children playing in the area, we found it a little bit difficult to measure the length of the square, but we finally managed to do it.
As we were trying to picture the building, we realised we had two problems:

First of all, in the middle of the area we chose to build the Coffee Shop there’s a big tree (the Tilo which gives the garden its name). We were concerned it would be an impediment to carry on with our project and we didn’t want to cut it off. Finally we came up with the perfect solution: Keeping the tree as a part of the Coffee Shop. We think it would give it a nice touch of freshness, and it could be used by the primary students to hang up drawings and crafts.

We also realised that if we built the Coffee Shop in this area we would block the entrance to the secretary’s office. This would be easy to solve, as we could easily hang up a sign indicating that whoever wants to go to the secretary office is allowed to go across the Coffee Shop.

Design Brief 2

After studying our project in depth we’ve realised we might need to make a few adjustments to our plan, although our initial design brief was quite correct.

We came up with a few new ideas such as accommodating an outdoors terrace during the summer. We could place some tables and chairs outside the building in a shaded and long area available just next to the Coffee Shop building.
When we studied the place, we also had the idea that a second floor would be very beneficial, not only because it would increment the area, but also because it would be connected with the eating room and also with the toilets, that are on the side.

We also thought of building the Coffee Shop with recyclable materials such as bamboo (because it replenishes very quickly), recycled carpet tiles, recycled rubber and recycled plastic or cork. Here’s a webpage with a lot of useful information about green building materials.

Regarding space, we found out we had enough space available as we expected.  From 10 to 15 tables should fit perfectly.