To create a place that will carry educational purposes. Nowadays, there are so many bars and cafes with diverse interiors. As a rule, their interiors
appeal on emotional state by creating cozy atmosphere. This project lacks the idea of attracting a person into a comfort zone (which sometimes
should be avoided). The idea of this space is in consolidating the process of knowledge acquisition and in involvement of young people interested
in the applied science.
The idea is to combine public and working spaces and to help to increase the level of involvement of young people in the process of self-education.
During the lectures the modular table will be arranged into the one geometric pattern. The idea came from Kepler’ Mysterium Cosmographicum -
the geometrical basis of the universe represented by regular polygons bound in one inscribed and one circumscribed circle at definite ratios. But in
this case, the table is just a projection of that model.
Lighting is made from chemical tubes.
Each visitor is allowed to have his/her own cell to keep personal belongings.
It is meant to be a self-service café.
Features :
There are 8 shelves with books, classified by sphere of activity. They are all available for use:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Shipbuilding
Mechanical Engineering
Machine Engineering
Astronautics
Chemical Engineering
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Biological Engineering
I find it very exciting to stimulate people’s interest in science. Perhaps, this particular design will be helpful in sharing existing scientific knowledge to
develop practical applications, which will lately result in new technologies or inventions.
First of all, the key element of this place is the lustre which was designed and then manufactured especially for this project. It is called Angewandte
Chemie which stands for applied chemistry in German. As you can see it resembles the classic-look crystal chandeliers, but in my case, "crystals"
are replaced by simple chemical tubes in a rigid frame made from black metal. There should have been gradient colored liquid instead of LEDs. But
then I decided to keep this idea for another project.
While I was working upon this project, I’ve came across a soviet magazine called “Science and Life” published in 1973. There was an interesting
article about the first carbon filament lamp. I found their aesthetics breathtaking. I was fascinated by stories about the physicists and their
inventions. Thus, for example, I’ve discovered a great Russian scientist Alexander Lodygin, who invented the first incandescent lamp in 1872.
Lodygin proposed large-scale projects on the coverage of large cities, and received patents for the method to develop lighting in 10 countries.
But there was a speculation around this, which subsequently ruined project. Edison came to this only in 1879.
Now these lamps look like this (pictured below). As you know, now they became very popular among designers!
I couldn’t use them in my project because they are considerably bigger in size than the dimensions of the tube, and they consume larger amounts
of electricity. Besides, their cost varies from $ 20 and up. So, I’ve found a solution to color tubes in shades of cognac and fuchsia and place LEDs
inside the tubes.
Project name: SCIENCE (Café-library)
Completion date: concept-project non-realized, 2013
Location: Moldova
Designer: Anna Wigandt
Photographer: 3D rendering by: Anna Wigandt
