Tap Room
PROJECT BRIEF WAS TO DESIGN A TAP ROOM THAT WOULD BE A MANIFESTATION OF THREE THINGS:
– REFLECT THE OWNER’S ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS
– EXUDE A ‘SCANDINAVIA MEETS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’ STYLE
– BE A MEMORABLE PLACE TO GATHER WITH FRIENDS IN AN INDOOR OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT
TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS WE TOOK THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
– ALL DESIGN DECISIONS WERE MADE WITH AN EYE TO THE OWNER’S OBJECTIVE OF A LEED PLATINUM FACILITY
– ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND NATURAL SYSTEMS ARE USED TO CONDITION THE SPACE
– FINISH MATERIALS ARE SELECTED WITHIN RIGOROUS LEED QUALIFICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
– HEIGHTENED OCCUPANT COMFORT IN ALL SPACES
– THE EXISTING SHELL WAS ‘SOFTENED’ BY THE USE OF WOOD AT SELECT SURFACES
– CEILING, SOFFITS AND CASEWORK ALL INCORPORATE WOOD IN A CRISP NOD TO THAT ‘SCANDINAVIA MEETS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’ DIRECTIVE
– MINIMIZE THE FINISH PALETTE:
– WOOD, STEEL AND CONCRETE WERE THE DRIVERS FOR THE FINISHES
– WE CELEBRATED THE BRAND WITH AN ICONIC STEEL PLATE WRAPPED IN WOOD, LASER-CUT TO ACHIEVE AN ILLUMINATED WOOD LOGO
– FIBER CEMENT PANELS WERE USED TO ‘HOUSE’ THE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS OF THE TAP ROOM
– INCORPORATED NEW BLUE STEEL ‘STRUCTURE’ WITH WOOD TRELLIS MEMBERS AT OUTDOOR SPACES
– WE CREATED DISTINCT SEATING AREAS BOTH INDOORS AND OUT TO CREATE A MEMORABLE TAP ROOM EXPERIENCE
– NEW STEEL EXTERIOR TRELLISES GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT SOME ELEMENTS OF THE STEEL STRUCTURE WERE ENCLOSED, AND SOME WERE LEFT TO FORM OUTDOOR TRELLIS AREAS.
– ONE SPECIFIC BANQUETTE WAS CREATED TO HONOR THE WOOD USED IN THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS OF THE COMPANY.
– THE CURVING BANQUETTE SEATING IN THE ‘LOUNGE’ AREA WAS CREATED WITH THE ABILITY TO BE ASSEMBLED, DISASSEMBLED AND REASSEMBLED SO THAT IT COULD BE MOVED AND RE-USED IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.
FURTHERING BOTH THE ARTISTIC, EXPERIENTIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS OF THE TAP ROOM….