.dianabudds writes about Assembly for Chinatown, a pro-bono program founded by arts non profit Think!Chinatown and the design firm A+A+A, which thoughtfully builds outdoor dining sheds with artful murals
and the restaurant Delight Wong has hosted wedding receptions, retail pop-ups, and art shows in the two years since it was installed. “It’s been a very well-loved space,” says Alice Liu, whose family owns Grand Tea Imports.— for their run-down appearance, for being a magnet for drunk bros, for becoming rat havens — but those constructed through Assembly for Chinatown have avoided some of these pitfalls.
As the restaurants and designers saw how people actually used the dining sheds, A+A+A adapted the structures. Sweet House, another Bayard Street dessert café, originally wanted a movable structure that could be secured at night, so A+A+A incorporated casters. When it turned out that drivers and delivery workers moved the streetery around whenever they wanted to, the designers removed the wheels.
When the first summer passed into the second, it was clear that most streeteries had not been built to withstand cold weather, let alone an accidental run-in with a snow plow. Think!Chinatown and A+A+A were again on deck for what they call “season two” of streeteries: winterizing and reinforcing the structures. “It started with ‘‘Are businesses going to want to use these spaces in the winter?
” says Ariana Deane, a designer for the collective. “We were at this phase where it’s less addressing an emergency and more about longevity.” They focused on improving the structures that they had already built instead of adding more to the neighborhood because it was, by then, so saturated with outdoor sheds. Instead of fully enclosing them, A+A+A added clear plastic pergolas that would let enough light into the structure while protecting diners from rain.
Through Assembly for Chinatown, the designers at A+A+A learned that it's impossible to apply a blanket solution to streetery design. For 388 Deli & Cafe, they made a three-person counter while Rong City Fishball received a shed.Through Assembly for Chinatown, the designers at A+A+A learned that it's impossible to apply a blanket solution to streetery design. For 388 Deli &...
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