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Kōnā Restaurant

Archival Studies

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After dark, the relaxed Izakaya with its low, soft textile ceiling and low-hanging lighting becomes a more intimate space. - Photographer: Niklas Adrian Vindelev
During daylight hours, the Izakaya space on the upper floor, with its low, soft textile ceiling, feels light and uplifting. - Photographer: Niklas Adrian Vindelev
The combination of scale, color, and light work to make the tall room on the lower level of restaurant Kona into a dramatic space that can bring to mind a theater stage. - Photographer: Niklas Adrian Vindelev
After dark, the relaxed Izakaya with its low, soft textile ceiling and low-hanging lighting becomes a more intimate space. - Photographer: Niklas Adrian Vindelev

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JURY VOTES
Restaurant
6.56
6.89
7.11
6.00
6.64
Vivian van Schagen
Vivian van Schagen Founder at The Invisible Party
What works well is that the color u...
6
8
6
6
6.5
Bhavin Taylor
Bhavin Taylor Founder / Interior Designer at Bhavin Taylor Design
A wonderful vibrant injection of co...
7
9
8
6
7.5
Sam McMorran
Sam McMorran Strategy and Design Director at IDEO
6
6
6
5
5.75
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson Architect at Mark Anderson Design
5
5
5
4
4.75
Howard Duffy
Howard Duffy Founder at HTDSTUDIO Arkitekter AB
Fresh palate denoting variations on...
6
7
6
5
6
Hana Ahriz
Hana Ahriz Co-founder at Space & Pepper
Before reading and zooming in, I di...
5
6
4
5
5
Tracey Wiles
Tracey Wiles Principal at woods bagot
5
5
5
5
5
Vicki Spielmann
Vicki Spielmann Group Creative Lead, Head of Brand Experience at Google
4
6
5
3
4.5
Nic Lee
Nic Lee Design Director at Waterfrom Design Co., Ltd
4
5
5
4
4.5
Puri Lighting Design
Puri Lighting Design Design Director at Beijing Puri Lighting Design
5
7
5
3
5
Franziska Heuschkel
Franziska Heuschkel Founder at Space & Pepper
A fearless, unapologetic appraoch t...
6
6
7
5
6
Agnes Kwek
Agnes Kwek Design Ambassador at DesignSingapore Council
3
5
4
4
4
Lauren Touhey-Otto
Lauren Touhey-Otto Head of Design at Kinzo Architekten GmbH
I agree with points from other juro...
6
5
7
3
5.25
John Allsopp
John Allsopp Architect at John Allsopp Studio
6
6
6
5
5.75
Client
Philipp Inreiter, Carlsberg Byen
Floor area
211 ㎡
Completion
2020
Design, fabrication, installation

Kōnā is a new Japanese-inspired eatery in Carlsberg Byen, whose space was designed and produced by Archival Studies. Archival Studies is an architecture and fabrication office that researches, develops, designs, and builds spatial objects and solutions of high artistic quality. The interior of Kōnā consists of two different spaces. Guests first enter the relaxed and intimate Izakaya with its low, soft textile ceiling. Later, as they find their way down the stairs to the tall space on the lower floor, the dramatic Noodle Bar space opens up around them. The ambition was to create an authentic yet stimulating space. The pre-existing raw concrete walls have not been hidden, but celebrated. The space is organized by bars and furniture that have been crafted from CNC-milled plywood, but with intricately-detailed joinery that is a contemporary translation of traditional joinery techniques. Fluid-shaped aluminium furniture allows for smooth passage through the tight Izakaya space. Suspended airy textiles and lighting work together to soften up the hard concrete surfaces, as well as creating a unique and vibrant identity. As one walks through the space, the translucent orange planes of textile shift in appearance and melt into a atmospheric cloud of color that gives a stimulating warmth to the cold concrete space.