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Ceramics
  1. The Coffee Collection
  2. Party Pitchers

Exhibition Design
  1. The Eames Institute
  2. Boom! Bop! Boing!
  3. Sustainability at the Table
  4. Second Nature

Architecture
  1. Houston Currents
  2. Inshallah Reih al Beit
  3. The Recess School
  4. La Primavera
  5. Tegel Mobility Hubs
  6. Ultra V. Diner

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Re-Imagined Square Diner


Ultra V. Diner


Competition Entry  
Partners: Gene Han & Gustavo Lopez Mendoza
Date: Summer 2020
Square Diner, Manhattan NYC
Non. Architecture Healing Competition Finalist




2019 Photo of the Interior of the Square Diner
1979 Photo of the Square Diner



The Square Diner, encapsulated what it meant to be a familiar neighborhood staple. With the pandemic sweeping the city, we began to question, how can we retrofit the indoor diner experience while maintaining co-vid 19 protocols?


Mind Map of Considerations for Post-Covid Diner




Ultra.V, breaks down the original diner’s systems of circulation and service providing channels for each to extend into a modular-like scaffold structure above. The diner’s original one-way circulation is subdivided into personalized access routes leading to compartmentalized dining pods. A scaffold is added with a UV-light lift that directly delivers food to each dining pod with minimum contact. Throughout the diner, ultra-violet lights capture the retro diner ambience while continuously sanitizing its surroundings.



Section of Re-Imagined Ultra-V Diner
Exploded Axonometric Showing Pod integration into Scaffold



Concept Sketches by Gustavo Lopes




Existing Ground Floor Plan
Reimagined Ground Floor Plans with Ultra V Lights