To compensate for the loss of turnover, restaurateurs were allowed to sit on the sidewalk and even on the roadway. However, they do not always have suitable furniture. Thanks to a kit system, they will be able to divert the stakes from public space to make tables.
This Wednesday morning, a great idea that could interest restaurants and bars. It is a kit that transforms the anti-parking stakes that there are on the sidewalks, into mini tables (standing bar).
It's very clever, you had to think about it. We slip a kind of large wooden hat on the post, we screw and we end up with a small bistro table perfectly stable.
To compensate for the loss of turnover, restaurateurs were allowed to sit on the sidewalk and even on the roadway. Problem: they do not always have suitable furniture. With this system, they will be able to divert the stakes from public space. It is very quick to assemble and disassemble. And since they are all spaced a little over a meter, we naturally respect the distance.
It was Félix Miquel, a young Parisian of 20, in the second year of architecture, who launched this concept. I love his name: he called it "Extra Terrasse".
Who makes these kits, does he have a company?
No, he makes everything himself, on his balcony, with reclaimed wood. Several restaurants in his neighborhood already use them.
The concept is also not limited to tables. It also offers ashtrays to be installed in front of bars in lively areas. This will avoid seeing butts everywhere. He also makes flower pots for decorative stores and florists. It will be prettier than putting them on the ground. And even distributors of hydroalcoholic gel to offer in front of a store or a school. You just have to put it on a post.
It is therefore a new way of reclaiming urban space. And make these ugly stakes little more useful. I don't know if you know, but in Paris, there are more than 300,000!