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Reception Welcomes You

Opening context:
Self-Governing Workshops and Offices, Small Services without Red Tape, Traveller’s Inn, Entrance Room

Conflict

Have you ever walked into a public building and been processed by the receptionist as if you were a package?

Resolution

Arrange a series of welcoming things immediately inside the entrance — soft chairs, a fireplace, food, coffee. Place the reception desk so that it is not between the receptionist and the welcoming area, but to one side at an angle — so that she, or he, can get up and walk toward the people who come in, greet them, and then invite them to sit down.

Closing context:
The Fire, Light on Two Sides of Every Room, A Place to Wait, Window Place, The Shape of Indoor Space