Story

The purpose is to eradicate hunger.  But what would be a convenient way to include guests in the United Nations from all over the world?  And how could an eating place, a ritual place, and a social space all be included in one?  Thanks to Shirley Bircher's design, a lucky four to ten people are able to dine in such a space.  Imagine a long rectangular space in the middle of the hills of Scotland.  You walk through double glass doors and you see only a modern looking table, and an L shaped sideboard/table.  You also see a giant flat screen on the back wall.  The entire space is made of glass, giving a beautiful view of the green hills.  Even the ceiling is made of glass, and you know the view is going to be incredible on the night of the summer solstice.  One of the main features of this space is the attachable and detachable table.  The table has two footed areas that have axis' that connect to the next two footed table.  The axis also allows the tables to flip over and face the opposite direction.  You remember that the email you received gave an agenda for the night, with three main events.  When the ten people arrive, the table will be set up in a criss-crossed manner, so that the guests are all placed at corners, making conversation easy and less awkward.  The bar/side board area is an L shape table with drawers for storing dishes underneath and one part of the L is for serving drinks while the other is for setting foot/ appetizers on.  It is located in the back right corner of the completely open room.  The space gives such an open feeling that it almost seems as if space is unlimited.  After the diners have ordered drinks, socialized, and have gotten comfortable together in the bar type table, the attachable table will be rearranged and attached into a circle.  Dinner will be served by the servers, who also are responsible for changing the tables, but only while the guests are invited over to taste the specialty apetizers at the sideboard.  The food consists of special slates from all over the world, in order to represent the continents.  The will then be invited to taste the desert, and the third and final table will be introduced.  Here the table will simple be unattached at one axis and streched out into a straight line.  It is time to speak to their fellow members of the United Nations around the world.  The room is dark, and the large screen on the back wall is turned on.  They all sit side by side facing what now is a screen of the six other represented countries, and their dinner settings.  Every person has a candle.  It is time to think about the issue at hand.  After all, it is a celebration of eradicating hunger.  Each person, along with the people on the screen go down the line and light their hunger.  They socialize and talk, and once everyone has spoken, the celebration is over.  Everyone had a good night, and enjoyed the chance to be in their space, and look forward to the winter solstice when they will be given the chance to do it again.