Aura Chav Haus Cawv Cocktail by Kacper Gronkiewicz

Aura Chav Haus Cawv Cocktail by Kacper Gronkiewicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Chav Sab Hauv thiab Kev Nthuav Qhia Competition Category.

HlauSab Hauv· 2020

Aura Chav Haus Cawv Cocktail

by Kacper Gronkiewicz

Client: Kacper Gronkiewicz

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Sab Hauv Category

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The Design

About Aura Chav Haus Cawv Cocktail

Aura yog ib lub chav haus cawv cocktail nyob theem hauv qab ntawm ib lub tsev uas tsim tau ntau xyoo puas rau xyoo pua kaum cuaj nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub nroog Warsaw. Sab hauv tsev muaj 25 metres square, thiab qhov chaw loj tshaj muaj siab 4.8 metres. Tooj liab uas ntxuav kom ci thiab tsis ci raug siv ua kev sib txawv nrog cov phaib nyias uas muaj qauv mos nyob ntawm phab ntsa loj. Tooj liab raug siv ua rooj txag khoom, cov rooj siab, thiab cov teeb dai yau, thiab cov phaib kub npog saum lub tog ntim khoom haus, uas txawb ntawm ib lub taw tag zeb marble. Ib pawg qhov rooj nyob hauv txaj tsev tuav cov rooj tsim tshwj xeeb ntawm peb qib siab, yog li lub tsev me no thiaj tuaj yeem ua ib lub khw cawv kas fes thaum nruab hnub thiab ua ib lub chav haus cawv thaum hmo ntuj.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Aura Chav Haus Cawv Cocktail yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Aura Chav Haus Cawv Cocktail xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Aura Chav Haus Cawv Cocktail tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Gronkiewicz contrasted polished and mat, veneered and raw brass with soft patterned carpets lining the wall. To optimise the venue's limited space a set of holes was designed in the floor for several combinations of custom made big and small tables. Bringing gold into interior, the architect installed various brass fixtures throughout the space, from the shelves to the high tables and slim lighting pendants. Golden plates are also used to top off the drinks counter, which perches on a mismatch marble base. Velvet upholstered seats and cobalt blue toilet complement the red hues of the floor and vintage barstools.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area of the premises - 25sqm, height of a main space - 4,8m. Combination of 3 small (50cm in diameter) and one large (100cm in diameter) tables are possible. The height of tables may be adjusted to high, medium and low level.
Tags: Aura, bar, cocktail, Warsaw, carpet, interior, gold, custom-made
Production Technology: Minor craft services of the area encouraged architect to use customized solutions. Arched benches were made by the craftsman next door while stone slabs cladding the bar came from a stonemason based on one of Warsaw cemeteries and are the leftovers of his commissions. Its scales cladding bar's rear wall are posed on 5 mm steel shelves - invisible yet resilient. A shabby mint green background of original nineteenth century walls was yet raised by the painter from neighbourhood. The blue walls and vaulted ceilings were finished with water resistant blue paint and instead of a wallpaper Gronkiewicz used old carpets to paste up the main wall. All this involved prototyping and none of this would be possible without local contractors.
Design Challenge: The small premises (25sqm/80sqf) implied a very careful functional layout. The bar consist of the clients' area, bartenders open and hidden working space, toilet, technical facility and a storage for beverages on the off-sight mezzanine. Designer had to adjust the set of holes in the floor according to existing 19th century layout of steel supporting beams and yet obtain ergonomic distances between fixed tables, stools and benches.
Research: Together with investors designer tried to make out how people would use the place in the daytime, evening and by night keeping in mind natural lighting conditions and the downtown location. They based on Investors curriculum from other similar places as well as the observations made in neighbourhood bar, cafe and vegan patisserie. They came up with few sets of tables dedicated to specific time of the day and provided dimmable light to transform the place from a daily cafe to a bar or even a small concert venue. Table tops not in use are hanging on the walls as decoration.
Inspiration: First inspiration came from Franz West's sofas upholstered with old carpets and exhibited in Kassel during Documenta X in 1997. This unconventional use of private second-hand objects gave a hint of cosiness to the public space. An idea appealed to the Investor who had inherited some old family carpets and this pushed architect toward Moroccan imagery - Marrakesh vibrant marketplaces and villa Majorelle Gardens. In his formal language Gronkiewicz was also largely inspired by Giorgio de Chirico paintings. The name of the bar relates to latin aurum - gold and also to a colour of bourbon based drinks served here.
Project Duration: The project was executed in Warsaw in January 2019 and rendered to public in June 2019.
Aura is set on the ground floor of a former tenement house of Jochwet Taubenhaus that was built in the 19th century in the very centre of Warsaw. It has survived German bombings during Second World War. There has been several kinds of business ran in the small corner premises on the ground level of the building since then - all left some history in the walls which Gronkiewicz wanted to evoke.
Operation Flow: Architect elaborated the unique system of tubes inserted in the floor where the custom made tables can be slotted into and set at various heights to respond to different use of the space during the day and by night. The design does not freeze the space, on the contrary, it opens it for interaction. To maximize customers space and enhance the view on the street Gronkiewicz got rid of windowsills and replaced it with upholstered benches.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Kacper Gronkiewicz
Image Credits: Photographers: Łukasz Kuś, Magda Rzeszot, 2019