The Long Table as a Spatial Protocol: Designing Conditions for Gathering and Pause
Long tables act as spatial instruments that set conditions for commensality, shaping social order, visibility, unspoken rules, and permissions for gathering and belonging.
Beyond Private Dining: Exploring the Communal Table as Public Space Infrastructure
Communal tables and shared mealtimes foster social bonding, face-to-face interaction, negotiation, and flexible public appropriation of space, evident across cultures and revived after the pandemic.