Soluri Architecture has completed the design and construction drawing set for Pro Thai, a restaurant located in east Harlem. Our services for this project are being provided pro-bono through the Design Corps. The sidewalk outside their restaurant is located on a steep hill, which makes it a challenge to comply with DOT requirements for the Open Restaurant program. By creating stepped platforms separated by planters, we were able to overcome the challenges presented by the hill while allowing proper social distances between tables and fellow diners.
The Design Corps (which Soluri Architecture helped co-found through the AIANY), is a collaboration between AIANY, NYC EDC, Design Advocates and NYCxDesign to create a platform for architects and the design community to provide pro-bono services to restaurants struggling to survive this pandemic. The Design Corps demonstrates how architecture and design-thinking can help address some of the many challenges of this pandemic and is about small businesses coming together to help other small businesses – because together we can do big things.
To learn more about the Design Corps, and/or to participate as a restaurant owner or design professionals, please go to: nycxdesign.com/design-corps
