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GABRINUS

Czech Beer Bar

 

Gambrinus chez beer bar moved to a bigger place in the same area. It is now situated in the Old Stock Exchange Building in Thessaloniki, a place of historic significance. The big hall of Old Stock Exchange Building was separated decades ago and formed a narrow lodge with small shops around.

Valaoritou, Thessaloniki, 2013.
160 sq.m.
Project Partners: ark4 Lab

GABRINUS

Czech Beer Bar

Valaoritou, Thessaloniki, 2013.
160 sq.m.
Project Partners: ark4 Lab

The chez bar would use four small shops and a bigger one. The ceiling ranges from about 4 to 5,5 meters high and was decorated with gypsum ornamented plaster of the early century. The old walls and the old decorative elements are painted in beige colors and the new walls that separate the stock exchange building’s main

hall is painted in dark green color, which is the predominant color of the original bar site. There were no changes made to black and white marble floor that looks like an oversized chessboard.

 

The main bar, most of the furniture and most of the lights are custom made designed and were constructed in combination to using reused objects, old pieces of wood and thin black metal frames. Also, big wooden bookcases are placed in every room to host the owners big collection of traditional and new chez objects. These bookcases are designed to be simple like a grid made of plain boxes with the intention to be a container that does not compete its content. The high walls are decorated by different compositions of objects and paintings that represent chez culture and civilization.