The Woda (‘Water’) Pastry Club is located in an old boilerhouse within the historic Rother’s Mill complex on Mill Island in Bydgoszcz, northern Poland.
The water and the colours – cobalt and orange – are the key elements of the design, Mill Island being closely related to the inland water transport of grain and the production of flour.
Cobalt is associated with water, the technology of flour production, and flow movement. By day Woda functions as a pastry shop. With its open kitchen and steel elements referring to the machines used in flour production, customers experience baked goods at every stage of the production process.
In the evening, the place transforms into a club, with orange, that symbolises the setting sun, fun and warmth, being the dominant colour.
Pastry Club Woda, located in a historic boilerhouse on Mill Island in Bydgoszcz, in north-central Poland, is a unique club-café and the first of its kind in the country. The venue has been honored in the Café category by the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.
The Woda (‘Water’) Pastry Club is running for the Restaurant & Bar Design Award in the Café category. Its contenders include London’s Castiglione, Backhous in Istanbul and Yem Cookie in Poland’s Kraków.
Located on the outskirts of Poland’s former historic capital, Yem Cookie was designed by Noww Studio. It is described by its authors as “a space based on a clear idea […], an unusual vision for the bar, which, in an unambiguous and space-organising way, seems to flow off the countertop and spill onto the floor”.
They add: "The effect was achieved using a mosaic structure made of small tiles in a terracotta shade. The result is a homogeneous ‘mass’ that occupies the central part of the patisserie like a wave. […]The delicate architecture of the interior is surrounded by rough walls covered with structural plaster and an reinforced concrete ceiling."
The Yem Cookie patisserie, located at 7 Zauchy Street in Kraków, was designed by architects from NOWW Studio. The venue is renowned for its high-quality sweets and excellent baked goods.
The third Polish project has been shortlisted for the Restaurant & Bar Design Award in the Surface Interiors category.
It is the LookUp conference and event space, which is located on the 41st and 42nd floor of the Skyliner skyscraper in Warsaw.
It offers the latest multimedia technologies, a fully equipped kitchen and a unique space with a view of the city skyline. In their description of the project, MIXD Designers stress that they kept in mind that the place would have to adapt flexibly to the needs of subsequent tenants.
“Hence the combination of neutral, subdued, but high-quality materials on the walls, floors and ceilings with bold, more three-dimensional elements: a spectacular bar and an installation in the shape of a ribbon spinning in the air.
The space is almost empty, the madness of details, patterns and textures takes place on the walls and other surfaces. Materials in geometric combinations look as if they were cut with a giant blade, and the cutting lines actually open them and allow you to look inside”.
MIXD Designers add: “The spacious, high interiors of the event rooms (on the 42nd floor it is as much as 14.5 meters!) required the introduction of appropriate acoustic solutions to avoid the echo effect. On the 41st floor there is a “pleated” ceiling made of acoustic boards, on the 42nd floor there are acoustic panels covering the inner core of the building”.
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