FRAME 构架来自北京的报道
疫情前,以给“独食者”创建一个理想的就餐空间为设计目标的餐厅,在当下成了社交隔离就餐的典范。
疫情期间,餐厅的生存策略一般有两个方面:第一,以外送形式来满足未到店顾客的需求,与此同时通过社交媒体保持联系。第二,当食客重新能够到店消费后,确定餐厅空间如何做好疫情期间的社交隔离。正如我们在最新杂志中概述的那样,应对危机的潜在解决方案已经有了, “现在需要的是充分地确定、投入和实施这些方案”。
Restaurant survival strategies have generally been twofold: first, cater for customers offsite through deliveries while staying connected via social media. Secondly, determine how social-distancing practices will affect the use of physical space once diners are able to return. As we outline in Frame 135, many potential solutions for weathering the storm already exist; ‘what’s required now is to identify, invest and implement them more fully.’
在北京的23坐餐厅提供了一个范例。让人想不到的是,这家主张单人用餐的餐厅,是在疫情爆发之前设计的。餐厅使用隔断将每一桌的消费者隔开,这种空间设置原本用来社交隔离。DTZW’s 23-Seat Restaurant in Beijing provides one such example – so much so that it’s hard to believe it was designed pre-pandemic. The solo-dining restaurant uses partitions to separate customers – a spatial setup expected to be adopted as a social-distancing measure.138平方米的空间布局强调了用餐的仪式感。顾客的座位围绕在一个通道周围,服务员利用该通道将餐品从准备区送出。23坐称这是一个“自由、开放、包容的用餐环境”。The layout of the 138 m2 space emphasizes the ritual of consuming a meal. Customer seating is arranged around a passageway, which servers use to ferry meals from the preparation area. A spokesperson from DTZW calls it a ‘free, open and inclusive dining environment’. 这句话大概揭示了一些人想要摆脱“一起吃饭饭更香”这一说法的内心呐喊。这种情绪在疫情之下更有意义——尤其是当我们被迫要与他人保持一定距离,却不得不挤在一个空间时。Presumably these words reflect the desire to shift away from the stigma that a meal shared is a meal more enjoyed – a sentiment that has even more meaning now that we’ve been forced to physically distance ourselves from certain people and, conversely, pushed into close quarters with others.虽然餐厅强调的是自我关注和自我反思的重要性,但也会根据需求灵活变通。所以,如果有顾客确实希望用餐时能更好地互动,或者考虑到当前情况下的用餐安全,座位之间的隔断也是可以调整或升高的。
While the restaurant stresses the importance of self-focus and self-reflection, it also respects the need for flexibility. As such, if customers do wish to engage socially – or, given the current circumstances, it becomes safer to do so – the partitions between seating can be raised.