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Friday, July 27, 2012
Hand drawn portraits of movietelevision families!
Evolution Bar by Sebastian Barlica
Sebastian Barlica has designed the Evolution Bar inside an 18th century neo-gothic building in Bucharest, Romania.
The owners’ desire was to design a space with a Mediterranean restaurant on the ground floor and a night club in the basement.
The basement area is a brick vault with transverse arches; it has a relatively small net area and it was used initially for storage, so the task of transforming it into a contemporary space for clubbing and nightlife entertainment was quite challenging.
That is why the designer came up with the idea of harmonizing, on one hand, stylized classical decorative elements with byzantine-like paintings on the main transverse arch, and, on the other hand, contemporary furniture and decorations using Solid Surface HI-MACS®. To this end, the countertops were designed in the shape of classical fireplace mantels painted in contemporary colours and the chandeliers are made of garden hoses. The oriental carpet-like stone flooring features contemporary motifs and a bottle support is suspended above the bar like a transparent honeycomb. The HI-MACS® bar itself is an eye-catching Light Green colour.
Internal space is maximized with a large, central floating green organic bar made entirely out of HI-MACS®. The designer opted for the Solid Surface material because no other material could have been molded into such an unusual shape, while showcasing all its great properties.
This main focus of the entire project – the floating organic shape – consists of a 21 metres long organic shaped structure, achieved through thermoforming the
HI-MACS®, introducing a modern contemporary feel to the interiors of the club.
“The material used in this project placed in a highly trafficked area vulnerable to scratches, had to be resistant to mechanical factors, hygienic, non-porous and durable, but at the same time had to allow a complete curved, coloured and smooth shape and HI-MACS® was the perfect choice. By sanding the surface can easily be repaired on-site. All great features that are critical when specifying materials for public spaces”, says the designer.
The challenge of the fabrication of Sebastian’s project was undertaken by Atvangarde Surfaces, exclusive distributor for HI-MACS® in Romania.
Due to the design’s complex shape, the structure had to be divided into 25 parts with similar sections in order to produce the necessary moulds for the fabrication process by using a CNC milling machine to form a high density foam. The HI-MACS® flat sheets were then thermoformed into shape using a vacuum membrane press. The twenty five individual pieces were finally glued together and sanded to create a single seamless homogeneous object.
The bar provides enough room for 2 bartenders and a DJ and is equipped with everything necessary: sinks, ice tanks, shelves, storage areas, bottle storage and the DJ’s equipment area. The central part of the U-shape is dedicated to the DJ’s area and consists of a circular, cantilevered HI-MACS® shape. This gives the bar a floating effect, which was made possible by the addition of a metal frame placed inside and throughout the entire structure.
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Project: Evolution Club
Design: Sebastian Barlica
Fabricator: Atvangarde Surfaces
Photos: Ciprian Stoian, Serban Bonciocat
Material: HI-MACS® Light Green
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Located at the historical centre of Bucharest known as “Cafeneaua Veche” (The Old Café), the eclectic Evolution Bar is designed – using HI-MACS® – in contrast with the old 18th century neo-gothic building’s style in which is inserted, bringing a fresh and contemporary feel for the new interiors.
Evolution Bar – situated in the basement of the building – is part of a major renovation project by young designer Sebastian Barlica.The owners’ desire was to design a space with a Mediterranean restaurant on the ground floor and a night club in the basement.
The basement area is a brick vault with transverse arches; it has a relatively small net area and it was used initially for storage, so the task of transforming it into a contemporary space for clubbing and nightlife entertainment was quite challenging.
That is why the designer came up with the idea of harmonizing, on one hand, stylized classical decorative elements with byzantine-like paintings on the main transverse arch, and, on the other hand, contemporary furniture and decorations using Solid Surface HI-MACS®. To this end, the countertops were designed in the shape of classical fireplace mantels painted in contemporary colours and the chandeliers are made of garden hoses. The oriental carpet-like stone flooring features contemporary motifs and a bottle support is suspended above the bar like a transparent honeycomb. The HI-MACS® bar itself is an eye-catching Light Green colour.
Internal space is maximized with a large, central floating green organic bar made entirely out of HI-MACS®. The designer opted for the Solid Surface material because no other material could have been molded into such an unusual shape, while showcasing all its great properties.
This main focus of the entire project – the floating organic shape – consists of a 21 metres long organic shaped structure, achieved through thermoforming the
HI-MACS®, introducing a modern contemporary feel to the interiors of the club.
“The material used in this project placed in a highly trafficked area vulnerable to scratches, had to be resistant to mechanical factors, hygienic, non-porous and durable, but at the same time had to allow a complete curved, coloured and smooth shape and HI-MACS® was the perfect choice. By sanding the surface can easily be repaired on-site. All great features that are critical when specifying materials for public spaces”, says the designer.
The challenge of the fabrication of Sebastian’s project was undertaken by Atvangarde Surfaces, exclusive distributor for HI-MACS® in Romania.
Due to the design’s complex shape, the structure had to be divided into 25 parts with similar sections in order to produce the necessary moulds for the fabrication process by using a CNC milling machine to form a high density foam. The HI-MACS® flat sheets were then thermoformed into shape using a vacuum membrane press. The twenty five individual pieces were finally glued together and sanded to create a single seamless homogeneous object.
The bar provides enough room for 2 bartenders and a DJ and is equipped with everything necessary: sinks, ice tanks, shelves, storage areas, bottle storage and the DJ’s equipment area. The central part of the U-shape is dedicated to the DJ’s area and consists of a circular, cantilevered HI-MACS® shape. This gives the bar a floating effect, which was made possible by the addition of a metal frame placed inside and throughout the entire structure.
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Project: Evolution Club
Design: Sebastian Barlica
Fabricator: Atvangarde Surfaces
Photos: Ciprian Stoian, Serban Bonciocat
Material: HI-MACS® Light Green
OostCampus by Carlos Arroyo Architects
Carlos Arroyo Architects have completed the OostCampus building in Oostkamp, Belgium.
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OostCampus is the seat of civic, administrative and social services of an area in the heart of the countryside around Bruges (Brugse Ommeland), a beautiful landscape outlined by rows of trees and canals, and punctuated by residential castles built along the centuries by wealthy merchants from neighboring Flemish town, and enriched with discrete industrial parks with high end technology companies like Siemens, Tyco, Entropia Digital, or EADS.
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In 1977 four municipalities were grouped, Oostkamp, Hertsberge, Waardamme and Ruddervoorde, as a result of a national law that eliminated more than 300 municipalities across Belgium. They regrouped services, but the resulting facilities were scattered in various municipal buildings.
In 2006, the City acquired a 4 hectares plot of land with Coca-Cola facilities built in 1992, which had become obsolete. The plot, located 5 minutes walk from the centre of Oostkamp, 10 minutes by bike from the other nuclei, and near the exit of Highway E-40, offered the opportunity to regroup municipal services, optimizing synergies and building a common image.
In 2008 the Flemish Government Architecture Agency (Vlaams Bouwmeester) announced an international competition for ideas to build OostCampus, with a slogan that paraphrases Magritte: "Ceci n'est pas … een Administratief centrum".
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The winning project, by the Madrid studio lead by Carlos Arroyo, opted for a radical re-use of the large industrial existing building, including foundations, floors, supporting structures, outer skin, insulation, waterproofing, and all recoverable services and equipment: power station, heating plant, water pipes, fire hoses, sewerage, and even parking area, fencing and access.
The reuse of the existing is a basic criterion of sustainability. The "gray energy" (energy used for the production of something) is often discarded or simply ignored. If we demolish an existing structure and build again, we will use more energy and resources than the most efficient of buildings can of save in its life span.
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To transform the vast industrial hall – with minimal footprint but maximum spatial result – Arroyo designs a sheltered interior public space, wrapped in a "luminous landscape of white clouds". Thin shells of GRG (gypsum and fibre) span the large space like huge soap bubbles. They are only 7 mm thick.
Within this landscape, a set of modular clusters provides the administrative services and spaces, designed to facilitate the relationship between citizens and administration. Citizen participation in the process is one of the key issues. Also transparency: the chamber hall is in full sight in the middle of public space, the information is accessible, you can even you visualize the municipal website … and physically enter it and talk to the person who is behind!
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The materials are simple and inexpensive, but are selected and used in such a way that we want to go and touch them. Some elements are finished with a felt made from recycled bottles (PET); simple boards are CNC carved to become sophisticated 3D damascene; the floor is the existing industrial warehouse poli-concrete, with its lines of storage, on which the new signage is superimposed. The acoustics are carefully worked out, and so is the smell!
Thermal comfort is achieved with minimum effort, thanks to the technique of the "thermal onion" which optimizes climate areas according to levels of access, and making use of the thermal inertia of the concrete slab.
The price per square meter building is one-third of the usual for comparable buildings.
OostCampus opened on June 15, 2012.
Architecture: Carlos Arroyo Architects
Photography: Miguel de Guzmán
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