Assignment 3

Buildings in use- East Beach Cafe 

Does the East beach Cafe  work as a seaside café? And as it was designed to do? Yes, I think it does…

Heatherwick Studio's design brief was to a build a new café -' a building that would not only become a popular local cafe  and attraction, but a place of what they called 'prospect and refuge' with generous views of the sea and a cosy atmosphere whatever the weather'. 

P906 : F8: @ 1/160  21mm  ISO 100

A building that would  fit in with Littlehampton's raw beauty - to sit on a seafront largely given over to shingle (P906 ).

P905: F14 @ 1/60  39mm  ISO 100

Prospect and refuge ....

P907: F2.2  @ 1/1600  4.15mm  ISO 32

And generous views of the sea..

P908:  F2.2  @ 1/120  4.15mm  ISO 40

The café’s interior is rather like being inside a shell  with walls and ceiling sprayed with a soft-to-the-touch insulating foam echoing the exterior shape. Difficult to know whether the cosy atmosphere would come from this effect, windows and doors shut against the elements or a cafe full of customers. 

That said, this is a very successful building which serves a very good cup of coffee !!