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Laboratorio Brew Room

Oblic Studio

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both coffee bar and cocktaip/beer bar. - Vlad Patru
details of textures, reflections and light. - Vlad Patru
the bathroom corridor - Vlad Patru
both coffee bar and cocktaip/beer bar. - Vlad Patru

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JURY VOTES
Bar
6.50
6.57
6.87
5.75
6.42
Astin le Clercq
Astin le Clercq Cofounder and Design Director at Modem
7
7
7
6
6.75
Bernhard Kurz
Bernhard Kurz Founder at IFUB*
3
5
3
3
3.5
Qi Wei
Qi Wei Member, Urban Renewal Professional Committee, Vanke Shanghai Area at Vanke Group
6
6
7
5
6
Michela Falcone
Michela Falcone Architect / Educator at Experimental Architecture / BNU University
5
6
6.5
4
5.38
Monica Daley
Monica Daley Creative Lead Future Projects at Drift
6.5
7.5
6
6
6.5
Melissa Amarelo
Melissa Amarelo Cofounder and Creative Director at Toi Toi Toi Creative Studio
6
7
7
6
6.5
Claudia Mazzucato
Claudia Mazzucato Associate Designer and Architect at THDP
7.81
7.31
7.38
6.24
7.19
Amber Feijen
Amber Feijen Spatial and Concept Designer at 5AM
6
6
6
5
5.75
Jeroen Panders
Jeroen Panders Business Director at Byborre
5.52
6.52
4.67
6.31
5.76
Mao Hua
Mao Hua Founder at EK Design
5
5
4
5
4.75
Massimiliano Tosetto
Massimiliano Tosetto Managing Director at Lodes
5
6
5
5
5.25
Thijn de Ruijter
Thijn de Ruijter Founder and Executive Partner at Karin Lauwers Agencies
4.74
5.45
4.95
5
5.04
Lisa Torreggiani
Lisa Torreggiani Partner at Monkeydu
5.5
7
6
7
6.38
Simon Hatter
Simon Hatter Founder at Hatter Agency
5
7
5
4
5.25
Britt Berden
Britt Berden Senior Creative Strategist at FranklinTill
6
6.5
6
5
5.88
Karen El Asmar
Karen El Asmar Architect & Interaction Designer at Tech
6
7
7
6
6.5
Simal Yesiltepe
Simal Yesiltepe Founder and Creative Director at Simal Yes Studio
5
6
4
4
4.75
Bob Chen
Bob Chen Founder at Bob Chen Design Office
4.7
5.23
4.97
5.14
5.01
Sophie van Winden
Sophie van Winden Director at Owl Design
7
7
7
6.5
6.88
Woody Yao
Woody Yao Director at Zaha Hadid Design
5
6
5
5
5.25
Client
Alexandru A. Laboratorio
Floor area
80 ㎡
Completion
2021
Budget
€50.000
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Laboratorio Brew Room is a space dedicated to day and evening interactions by the nature of the two bars dedicated to craft beer / cocktails and specialty coffee. The concept wants to highlight this aspect and to bring together the two modes of operation in a single location through materiality and light and by the visible separation of the two main bars from space.

 Selected materials lead to a dialogue between existing and proposed design by contrast using stainless steel and reflective materials, dichroic films and by similarity using raw concrete in the screed and bar design. The intention was to discover a space as you enter and walk through it, this being a bit counterintuitive with the opening to the street that seems to reveal the whole place. 

From the entrance you see the bars and you also discover the reflective volumes that hide the bathroom, the locker and further some private spaces for deposit. The space is coordinated with the exterior, having two large windows that open in a folding sistem in order to invite the street to its interior. In our designs we tend to look first to the context, interior-exterior and then to human interactions and how space is perceived or can be used, from seating to people interacting. This was the approach for Laboratorio. 

We wanted a space that can transform at night, being also a place for small gatherings, parties. We were looking for a feeling of retro-future and disco atmosphere that can communicate with the existing brutalist environment that we found on the site.

 Reflections are very present in the bar and it was another feature we were looking into, making it a very dinamic space in the night time. Being close to a busy street, the entire place is transformed when city light appear, cars, traffic lights and people passing by. The entire city seems to be invited inside. 

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