Bar design affected by society?
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I think thats got alot to do with population base. the larger the population of a city the more likely you are to find a greater range of all entities. This includes everything from city spaces to activities to mini sub-cultures.
As for bars, competition for the patronage(ie.money) of the young rich and spend-thrifty is higher in this situation too, and so the design of things becomes more flash, desireable, richer in terms of the quality of finishes, materials and the general aesthetic.
As to whether the quality of the actuall bar spaces actually improves is a matter that could be dabated ….’till the cows come home’[This message has been edited by quirkey (edited 22 October 2001).]
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I also mean that as society changes, so do the functions of bars…ie- a pub was generally not for every class in its original form, now bars attract people of every status. Likewise, do you think that certain factors like the influx of the dance scene in Dublin or immigration have influenced the way that we define socialising in a bar and therfore influences its design?
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So Forum on Parnell Street is an interesting
example, it is aimed at a multi-cultural crowd and it feels a lot like one of those nice NY bars that isn’t particularly trendy, but sort of comfortable, you know, the American equivalent of the Dame Tavern. It is an idea of a bar that is familiar here, but the way that idea is realised is not quite familiar. -
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