Q bar

We were approached by the owners of Q Bar to design the new rooftop.
The design was asked to solve several issue: contain the sound produced by the clientele, create an environment half enclosed, with different views, with places to partially hide.
We thought that the best solution in this case was to use an architectural device that could partially enclose vertically and horizontally the space.It is abstract, almost as a sculpture, a vertical stele 3.5m high. By duplicating this device on the rooftop the space is organized, separated, fragmented.  The result is an environment that allows intimacy and  stimulate curiosity.

A second device is the bed-box. The initial idea was to frame the night view of the city.  The box provides shelter and intimacy and it is also a practical storage during the winter season. The interior space of Q Bar has an interesting concept: nothing on the walls. Only the red paint that in this way creates a plain backgound for the bar crowd. In the same way the outdoor rooftop uses the same red combined with the wooden panels. Only two materials in order to reduce the visual pollution.

Project Name: Q Bar rooftop
Location: Beijing, China
Architect: crossboundaries architects, Beijing
Area: 480 sm
Design period: April 2009
Construction: May/June 2009

Q Bar的业主邀请我们为其设计一个新的屋顶酒吧空间。

设计需要解决的主要问题包括：阻隔客人之间的声音干扰；使空间环境成为半开放式的，有视线穿透，也有部分遮掩。我们认为最佳的方法是用构筑物在水平和垂直方向上对空间进行局部围合。而这个构筑物仿佛抽象雕塑，高3.5米，具有碑的形态。重复使用这样的划分手法，屋顶的空间得到组织、分隔和切碎。最后的空间环境容纳了亲密性，也激发了客人探索空间的兴趣。

我们运用的另一个构筑物是盒子台座。采用台座的最初想法是给城市夜景加上一个取景框。它提供了一个庇护所并带来亲密感，同时可被用作冬季的储存室。Q Bar的室内设计有一个很有趣的概念：不做任何墙面处理。只在墙面上刷红色涂料，为酒吧里热闹的人群提供一面朴素的背景。沿袭这个概念，在室外屋顶我们也只简单地运用了红色涂料和木质板材的组合。只使用两种材质有效地减少了视觉上的混杂。

项目名称：Q Bar屋顶
项目位置：中国北京
设计方：北京科罗思邦建筑设计咨询公司

建筑面积：480平方米
设计时间：04/2009
施工时间：05/2009-06/2009