Comments on: I grew up in a Starbucks store - reflections on the University Village redesign

By: anny

anny — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:29:57 +0000

Thanks for the great post, I’m a big fan of Starbucks and spend more money that I care to think on coffee!
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By: jp2506

jp2506 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:08:03 +0000

By: Joost Hoogstrate

Joost Hoogstrate — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:52:36 +0000

Hi Katie, it’s sometimes nice to be in familiar surroundings, but things do have to change for the better. With more emphasis on eco friendly buildings, much of the store designs we are familiar with or perhaps grew with, as in your case, would slowly fade away. http://climatarians.org guesses that’s the price we have to pay for being energy conscious.

Let’s keep up with the times!

Joost Hoogstrate

By: Eco Green Blog

Eco Green Blog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:39:21 +0000

Thanks for the great post, I’m a big fan of Starbucks and spend more money that I care to think on coffee!
We re-purposed some old barn wood to resurface our outdoor coffee table and we were very pleased with the results. If you would like to read about it check out the article on our blog;
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By: Joshua Daniel Franklin

Joshua Daniel Franklin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:27:55 +0000

I haven’t been down yet, but it looks very interesting. I’ve always felt the big U-Village Starbucks was overcrowded with displays. The open walls sounds very nice, though it opens onto the road and parking lot (imagine if it faced the interior walkway by the turtle/frog fountain…)

Lots of corporations have started these pilot designs–even a green Wal-Mart in McKinney, TX, that has dim lighting and windmills.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:16:26 +0000

Before everybody jumps on this project, obviously it would have been greener to leave the store the way it was, unless there were some ridiculously inefficient mechanical systems that were energy hogs, but I doubt they were that bad.

That being said, lets be realistic. Retail environments constantly turn-over in their efforts to tempt consumers into their doors.

The local connection of the materials is very interesting. It seems like it would take a ton of effort on each store to source the uber-local flooring or urban harvested trees, but more power to them if that is the intent.

With all of that daylighting, do they actually dim or turn off any of the electric lighting? I know retailers are very hesitant to enact any measure that might make them seem dark or less inviting. Just think of how many stores leave their doors wide open while fully cranking the AC.