Our distinctive targets are homogeneity and stereotypes. The overall space is integrated into two systems: the service space and the space being served:
One tends towards rest, one tends towards motion.One tends towards geometry, the other towards free curves.A rational order, a sensual savagery.One contains cultural symbols and totems, the other is abstracted as an inner surge of force.
The service space consists of a bar counter, kitchen and preparation room. The service space is presented in a distorted form and is placed in the middle of the overall space, forming an overall visual centre and image. Two public dining areas of varying sizes and a separate private room are also distinguished.
This twisted functional body has dynamic forces permeating all parts of it. These dynamics spill over the boundaries of the ceiling and the walls, like waves and boats coming up to the surface.
The hand-forged and artistic forms distinguish them from mechanically reproduced pieces without spirituality. These handmade sensations allow the return of the obscured body and the reappearance of the spiritual light.
The mirrored ceiling makes this heterogeneous force visible with a doubled effect, the entanglement and penetration of forces extending upwards. The two differing characteristics of the metal are involved with each other, the smooth mirrored metal is complemented by the twisted shapes of the metal full of hand traces.
The wall that separates the inside from the outside of the space is breached by the overflow of this force, creating a hole to peer inside.
These dramatic and powerful visual images form distinctive and recognisable symbols. In contrast to the perfect circles on the walls, the distortions, full of inner force, are an escape from Plato's idea of perfection.
The served space, i.e. the two public areas and the private room, has a façade that unfolds in an orderly manner from the arched windows, which are reversed up and down to form a circle or two semicircles with the mirror.
Rational, geometric, orderly and concrete speech calms one into a state of dining, unlike the textures and metallic glass of the tighter chairs, which offer a warmer touch and wrap.
Although the space is small, various forces are at play, creating an isolated space that distinguishes itself from the everyday and becomes a differentiated presence in the city.