Kokaistudios

Brownstone Bar

Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia

BROWNSTONE BAR

Kokaistudios

ARCHITECTS
Kokaistudios

PHOTOGRAPHS
Charlie Xia

AREA
130.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Chongqing, China

CATEGORY
Bar

The ‘Brownstone’ is a cocktail lounge located in the Surpass Court of Yonjia Lu 570, emerging epicenter of Shanghai night life.

Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia

It was developed as a prototype for a venue of new concept in co-operation with ‘Blue Horizon Hospitality Group’ (Blue Frog).

The project combines a simple and efficient layout, partly suggested by the limited dimensions of the venue, with the complex and redundant interplay of textures and custom-made elements concurring to define the sophisticated atmosphere and the strong identity of the place, a one-of-a-kind experience lousily inspired, in the intentions of the client, to the decadent turn-of-the-Century French ‘Salons’.

Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia

The bar is divided in a central part, developed around the bar counter and a fully equipped dj booth, furnished with wooden finished built-in counters and high seats, and two lounge areas around it, raised platforms finished in dark wood and furnished with low armchairs and sofas.

Raw natural materials, wood or stone floor finishes and red bricks walls, are combined with precious custom-made surfaces used as highlights: modular metallic open ceiling, translucent metal and acrylic back-lit lattice panels screening the windows at the background and the bar shelves.

Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia

The ‘peacock feather’ is a recurrent theme in both the design of the screens’ pattern and the loose furniture color palette.


Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia
Brownstone Bar
© Charlie Xia

Kokaistudios
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Kokaistudios
3/F, Building 3, No.600 North Shaanxi Road, Shanghai, China 200041 中国上海静安区陕西北路600号3号楼3楼