Local Garden Cafe

Investors in a semi rural location of your choice want to capitalise on the tourism potential and local population within your region.

Located in an area of your choice, within New Zealand, the proposed building is a garden Cafe bar.

The emphasis on an indoor/outdoor flow and areas of privacy provided by clever placement of garden plantings and creative walled environments that may be used to hold garden sculptures, visual arts, small playground etc.

Your site location must show:
• Proximity to main road into the nearest town used by tourist buses, locals and arriving in your region and chosen area for the Cafe.
• The Cafe garden area, location of buliding relevant to site.
• Any land features such as water, rolling hills, views of importance locally.

The Cafe would serve light lunches and dinners, and hor d'oeuvres throughout the day to accompany quality selections of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages. It is expected only 25% of customers will wish to sit down for a full meal while the rest will choose to relax in an environment conducive to enjoyment.

The café will need an area for dining that could accommodate 60 people at its summer lunchtime peak, with indoor outdoor flow and utilisation a kitchen to serve the café, and a bottle store. Toilets/restrooms, and a small reception where you could purchase locally featured garden art and or paintings sculpture etc plus limited number of souvenirs.
It is imagined the building will be about 200m². A car park will be needed for 16 cars and two tourist buses plus a courtesy van and or taxi parking area.

You must make notes on climate, indicate best placement relevant to weather and prevailing winds in the region the proposed building will be located. It is intended to use of fresh produce as well as local meats all year round, locally grown if possible. The owners of the café wish to capitalise on that and use an outdoor garden area as part of dining and family experience.

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

You are to design the Cafe and all its associated spaces. You are aiming to create an experience for the visitor that is particular to its environment and function. Take note of the climate – use its positives, protect the building and users from any negatives. The interactions between indoors and outdoors is very important and also think about how the building can enhance the dining experience eg some quiet spots locations for people who are not with families. Provide reasons for your choices of materials, orientation, layout etc.

DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

Your client requires a new shared holiday home in a location chosen by your client. They may want to rent out this property when the facility is not in use by the family members.
They require a spacious four/five bedroom area with two complete ensuites that allow the two families some privacy.
Your selected location and property has to have a dwelling set on a location that meets the need of a discerning holiday home owner however you must consider environment, location, energy based sustainability, security if the dwelling is to be left unused for a period of time.

INTERIOR DESIGN

Interior Design can be for either the Café and or the holiday home.
Both clients may want to make suggestions for furniture, sound systems, security, sustainable creative use of energy in the kitchen and bathroom, all accessories including shower system with possible water recirculation for gardens. etc.

Provide a workable plan, interior elevations, and internal perspectives.

The design has to reflect the wishes of your client however energy efficiency and a environmental policy for each of those buildings will be acknowledged by the judges.

NOTE: Students may wish to consider making a "fellow student" work in another discipline for their client, for example this could be a photograhy student taking photos of the work for a fashion design. The photography could be entered in the visual arts category or used as part of the written fashion submission.

junior, intermediate & senior
All students may choose from any of the above sections.

judging criteria
Where appropriate, judging will cover:
• Site placement and location - the building's position in relation to the sun, prevailing wind
and other environmental factors.
• Planning of the interior spaces and spatial relationships.
• Accurate interpretation and satisfaction of the design brief.
• Presentation.
• Materials and finishes.
• Creativity, visual innovation, originality, design impact.

category criteria
• Comply with all Conditions of Entry and Presentation Criteria.
• Include site and location.
• Include at least one sheet of the completed elevations and floor plan.
• Clearly show planning, room / space relationship and ergonomic considerations.
• Take into account any environmental issues.
• Supply a written report including an evaluation of the design outcome.
• The use of CAD and graphics software is permitted.
• Include a fully illustrated perspective drawing of the complete design.

curriculum areas
Graphics, Design, Art and Materials Technology.