Loafe Café, campus of UBC – Vancouver

“I particularly remember visiting Loafe Café on UBC’s campus. For me, an ideal space in the built environment should offer several key qualities. (1) Sun, with an option of shade, ideally cast through a light textured, airy and leafy tree. (2) Collective seating, for example, a cluster of picnic tables suitable for people watching and being alone, together.  I would estimate 30 people as an upper maximum.  In addition, having people moving past the seating area is ideal for people watching, a necessary componenet of quality in my opinion. (3) Coffee with an option for drinks at a fair price. Thus, economic activity is not antithetical to quality, but quality is not a value that is purchased or an expense that is bought. (4) Background conversation, but not noise, meaning no cars.” (Booklet Positive Lived Experiences of Quality in the Built Environment 2023, p.129).

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