Table for Two

This project was a reaction to the ill placement of infrastructure within the Englewood Neighborhood, specifically bike racks. These rack are placed as a necessity for new construction
LEED certifications, not to serve the community. Many of them are place in front of vacant lots, and various other places where one would not ever leave their bike. If this infrastructure fails to serve the community as is, how can it be altered to serve the community. I remembered this statement from KRS-1

We said I am. I have no credentials, no validation, but here’s the difference from me and you. When someone says “what is your name you say: my name is Bob. Bob who? Bob Barker” When you ask a Hip-hopper what is there name you get “Yo, I’m Dj Bobski from 125th” The difference in psychology is this. Yo man, I’m just some Bob Barker. That person is like that because they are connected… In other words, their well-being is connected to something outside of themselves. You get this low self-esteem when your well being is connected to something outside of yourself. This is the beginning of poverty right here: I want, meaning that I don’t have. What I want is more valuable than what I already have. The mainstream said “everything that you have has no value: your clothes, your furniture, everything, has no value. The only way that you have value is if you come through us, mainstream institutions, and on top of that, were not letting you in. So, look at what were up against. We’re not letting you in, but this is the only place where you can be validated. So were sitting outside ready to die, but we didn’t. We said because you’re not letting us in, cool. Keep everything you got. Were going to create our own thing over here and your not getting in this. This here we’re creating. This is the attitude in 1972.

I tried to embody this in my Table for Two. A table is something we take for granted. in a public space, it creates an opportunity for gathering and sharing. This is something that is missing from this neighborhood's infrastructure. This would not just be an ordinary table though. It would be a grand table. Though it is made from cast concrete, I hoped to achieve a marble aesthetic.


Here is my Gallery blurb about it:
Scattered around the Englewood neighborhood are a few public bike racks. There are not enough to serve the community and are often placed impractically, giving them little value. What can the bike rack be when it is more than just a bike rack? Table for Two is a cast concrete table that fits securely on the bike racks, offering an outdoor gathering space.