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.

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 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 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 Process

We wanted to provide the school with something new and useful that everyone could enjoy, so we thought: Why don’t we design a place where people can sit and relax with their friends and collègues, while having a nice drink and something to eat? And that’s how we thought about building a Coffee Shop.
At the beginning, we thought of redesigning the school’s canteen and incorporating vending machines or maybe coffee and hot chocolate makers, kettle teapots, juice squeezers, and so on. But this idea didn’t convince us, as it had something missing. We wanted to create a comfortable, warm and welcoming space (similar to a gathering place, or a meeting point) and the canteen wasn’t the perfect option for that. So we came up with the idea of building our own Coffee Shop; with sofas, armchairs, little tables and a customer service.
The reasons why we decided to carry on with this project and think it might be successful are:
-It would be a source of income for the school
-Everyone in the school could use it (students, teachers, secretary employees , maintenance personnel, etc.)
-It would be a perfect place to have a chat, play cards, have a bite and unwind without being cold (during winter) or hot (during summer).

We hope we manage to design a  plan viable enough  to be taken into consideration for a near future.


Our reflection recording (TEAM UP)