African Design Magazine June 2017 | Page 53

ecycled estaurant F ood is an energy resource for organisms. To procure well- being it must be safe and healthy for tasting and for consumption. Lego Lunch is designed with intent to produce a good environment for people who want to eat or to take their daily meals during relaxing hours in the workday. By this opportunity to gather people, the aim is also to create a communal place in Siauliai. Here, the architects want to enhance daily restaurant meals because of their bad renown with hygiene and public health. They want to put human health at the top of architecture query. With a creative, sustainable and less expensive approach, the project is built by using recycled shipping containers (20ft containers). Conceived as a modular and replicable structure, each module is independent and can be easily reproduced. Containers are the load-bearing structure with a light touch of the design. Additional materials such as wood and glass have been used to enhance energetic performance and reduced the carbon footprint of the Daily Lunch. Recycled shipping containers can easily support the project, while wood can bring warming and fingerprint of nature. Glass is neutral, Click here to read more africandesignmagazine.com 53