Urban Brewpub

Constructing Interactions Through Movement, Pause, and Encounter

Social spaces, those designed to bring multiple people together, are some of the most frequently encountered environments. However, they routinely fail to encourage social interaction, arguably the reason for which they have been designed. Part of the problem is the designing of social spaces according to preconceived notions of how those spaces are supposed to appear or function. By understanding them through notions of movement, pause, and encounter, these places can better serve the variety of needs of their inhabitants. Using an urban brewpub as an example, a design will be developed via a logic that employs these themes at multiple scales in a way that can directly impact its visitors. Lessons from this investigation can be applied to other buildings and spaces that benefit from the interaction of people with each other and their environment.

Using an urban brewpub as an example, a design will be developed via a logic that employs these themes at multiple scales in a way that can directly impact its visitors.