Cafe|Bar - WunderBAR

Bar - frontal.

Project details

• Project Name: Cafe|Bar - WunderBAR
• Location of Site: Luckenwalde, Germany
• Design Team: Peter Jan-Marc van der Meer
• Project Type: Interior
• Client: Private
• Date of completion: 10/2008

Words from the architect

The building, a former bank, is located in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany.

It is close to the rail station which has a direct connection to Berlin.

Bar - total.

The client was looking for a flexible concept to match different target groups on a low budget basis.

pjmvdm developed a concept for a gastro-space that has the atmosphere of a cafe in the daytime and changes into a cocktail bar in the evenings.

Bar - detail.

While the budged was particularly low and the actual space was massive, a colour scheme devides the main room into different zones for example orange = Cafe & gastro zone, magenta = bar & lounge area, blue = safe & function room.

Most of the minimalistic furniture has been specially designed. Bar, bar stools and most of the other furniture is all made of dark wood.

Lounge area - empty, the furniture has been especially designed for this project.

The almost mirror-like floor finish is a resin-coated through colour screed.

The special colour scheme and indirect lighting transforms the daytime cafe into a lounge bar with an almost magical atmosphere.

Lounge area - occupied.

The massive safe was left in its place and functions as an almost surreal object.

The safe and a light installation.

View down the corridor towards the safe.

Credits

• Text: P. van der Meer
• Photographs: Arnd Dewald