Blue Frog酒吧


Blue Frog是一个复合态的酒吧，类似于北京798仓库改造出来的空间，在孟买北部也有一个废弃的大工厂，被英国设计师Chris Lee 和Kapil Gupta改造之后变成了一个录音棚+旅馆+酒吧+生活区的超酷场所，整个空间被一个波浪形的曲面连接在一起形成浑然一体的结构，其中的每个圆形又都是一个相对闭合的小空间。


 

Based on this desire to have it all, the question for us is: how do you collapse a theatre, restaurant, bar and club into a warehouse whilst maintaining all the performative characteristics of each individual type?


 

The deep structure that was employed is of a cellular organization composed of circles of varying sizes in plan approximating a horse-shoe configuration.


 

The differential extrusions of these circles encapsulated at different levels as tiered cylindrical seating booths, allow the eye level of diners and standing patrons to be distributed across staggered levels that increase in height away from the stage.


 

These booths seat between 4-10 people and are arranged around an open centre that can either double up as a potential 360 degree stage or accommodate standing patrons, bringing them closer to the main stage to create an intimate viewing experience. 


 

These mahogany paneled cylindrical booths maintain not only uninterrupted views to the stage, but also constant distance between diners irrespective of how crowded the lounge gets.


 

The undulating height of the seating booths is gently modulated by a glowing acrylic resin surface, ...


 

... which unifies the disparate types together and retains the presence of the architecture even in the midst of the spectacle of a state-of-the-art sound and light show at the Blue Frog.


 

Client: Blue Frog Media Pvt. Ltd
Area: 1000 sqm
Duration: October2006- November 2007
 
Design: Chris Lee / Kapil Gupta
 
Project Team: Tomas Ruis Osborne, Santosh Thorat, Purva Jamdade, Suril Patel, Dharmesh Thakker, Niti Gourisaria, Vrinda Seksaria and Udayan Mazumdar.
Acoustic Design: Munroe Acoustics (UK)
Lighting Design: Abhay Wadhwa Associates
Project Management: Masters Management Consultants
General Contractor: Zigma Enterprises