art4d: You picked café and co-working space category, how you do personally think the future of these two types of spaces will be?
Bandittas: The ongoing pandemic has made cafes and co-working spaces more important because these places have been accommodating people who go outside of their homes to study or work. Design wise, cafes and co-working spaces will be more nature-oriented with spaces that are more open to welcome natural air, that are nicely ventilated. The design will also factor social distancing, making the space less crowded.

art4d: How do you reflect the concept of a café and co-working space of the future in your design?
Bandittas: With this design, the concept is reflected as a space with separated units, at smaller scales, so that a distance between users can be created within the space, making it less crowded. Users are able to spend a longer time inside the space with the green element of vertical planters covering all sides of the space, which is designed to be open, welcome natural wind with enhanced natural ventilation. The plants also help filter the air, light and dust particles, making the circulating air cleaner.

art4d: Why did you choose SCG D’COR C-Channel/C-Channel Plus model as the only material in your design?
Bandittas: Using just one material is mainly to give the full attention and value to the material. With this project, SCG D’COR C-Channel/C-Channel Plus model , don’t have to be used as just a decorative item but something that can be applied into a main architectural component. And I noticed the potential of the U-shaped material, which can be used upside down as a track where plant pots are placed. Different pieces of C-Channel can also be put together and used as a box that hides the system and structural works. It can be built into a table, a stool, and a staircase and collectively, everything is formed into a work of architecture.