COOK8: the new dining place
international design competition / exhibition / publication
by DOMÉS International Review of Architecture
1st Honorable Mention
team: Andreas Anagnostopoulos, Marina Mersiadou, Giorgos Mihailidis
2017-2018

Social media platforms offer experiences akin to trial versions of reality.  You can travel, go sightseeing, talk, eat, play, sex, terrorize.  The boundaries of the internet seem to continually expand, yet in the physical realm, borders manifest in both visible and invisible forms: towering shrubbery, opaque facades, selective entry policies, and reservation requirements. What if public space becomes free to experience.  What if the act of dining becomes an urban spectacle, an urban performance. Programmatic components of the dinning procedure are organized into sequential strips — infrastructural platforms or theatrical stages—for a series of orchestrated events, culminating in a theatrical performance for the city.

4 acts:
1. get yourself comfortable, take off your shoes, wash your hands/feet, use the loo, change into your white costume. The city starts to observe you.
2. lift the table and bench while food is getting ready, help with the salad? you can find cutlery and napkins by the table.
3. you can now enjoy your meal while being a spectacle for the city. pour some wine into your glass using the integrated wine refill system.
4. when finished, you can find toothpicks where you found everything else, feel free to make coffee, leave.