Mega Convergence: The ‘NEW’ Internet Cafe
The Internet cafe has grown from gregarious PC’s in a smelly yellow walled-room, to EasyJet providing amenities and now high-octane concept cafés with wi-fi. Cultuurcampus Vleuterweide has bitten off the right amount of ambition by drawing together an unexpected volume of lifestyle components; school x 55 residences x church x library x cultural center x theater x library; an expert collaborator’s wet dream.
Are we living on another planet and building an oasis of a new tribe living?
Categorized simply as an internet ‘café’, the idea dilutes what is traditionally known as a café; a place for human interaction and enjoyable hot beverages, raising the stakes with high end design and a multi-dimensional take on modern interactional activity. Designed by Vera Yanovshtchinsky Architecten with interiors by AEQUO BV Architects (known for their more educational projects with schools and libraries), this newest space in The Hague is sure to highlight new discussions in social pollination.
[via Cool Hunter]
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