Table Spacing and Sightlines: Not Seeing Other Tables' Faces

A seating arrangement designed with sightlines in mind. When people at any table look up, they see a screen, a wall, or the bar's back liquor cabinet, not the faces of other guests; the seating orientations are staggered, so no two groups face each other directly. This can be achieved by staggered arrangements, a half-height screen, or a pillar. The aisle width is just enough for people to pass through, but not so wide as to become a viewing corridor. Avoid: having seats directly facing each other, making aisles too wide to become passages, using open-plan seating arrangements, having a spot in the interior where one can see everyone at a glance.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個經過視線計算的座位配置。任何一桌的人抬起頭時,看到的是隔屏、牆面、或吧台的背酒櫃,而不是另一桌客人的臉;座位的朝向彼此錯開,沒有兩組人正面相對。做法可能是錯位排列、一道半高的屏、或一根柱子。走道的寬度剛好讓人通過但不寬到變成觀看的動線。避免:讓座位正面相對、把走道做得太寬變成通道、使用開放式的座位排列、讓室內有一個可以一眼看盡所有人的位置。