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News Release from: Working Architecture Group | Subject: Design Hackney eco bar
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WAG help design Hackney eco bar
WAG (Working Architecture Group) is working with client Cem Gul on the concept and design for a combined eco bar, art gallery and website called Exchange, in Hackney.
WAG (Working Architecture Group) is working with client Cem Gul on the concept and design for the combined bar, art gallery and website The venue will be used to host art events and occasional musical performances
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The actual bar is to be positioned between the two arches, so potentially the venue will be able to run two events, one in each arch, simultaneously.
The bar will also open out onto a new split-level garden.
The scheme, which is the next of many steps in the sustainable regeneration of this area, will use recycled materials where possible in the construction.
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The roof collects rainwater for use in the bars' toilets, and there will also be solar collectors located on the roof and south-facing wall for heating and energy generation.
The gallery spaces will be curated by David Hees of the recycling arts collective Project 142.
WAG have designed the bar interior as a conceptual and literal scaffolding for art, which they describe in the plans as an 'ArtWall'.
This framework structure can be adjusted by the gallery and artists, changing and growing with use over time.
Jon Goodbun, director of WAG commented, "It is rewarding to work with an ideas driven client who has such a positive attitude to working with recycled materials, and providing a space for local artists".
"The design for the interior fit out of the bar is an interesting and changing assemblage of recycled objects, from old computer monitors to car tires, produced through a collaborative process, working with artists".
The scheme aims to integrate the experience of the architecture and physical space of the bar with a website / blog / chat and virtual art space through a wireless and Bluetooth active virtual communications and interface environment.
The bar also proposes to broadcast free broadband to the local public spaces, such as the nearby park, and will site virtual artworks there.
The Working Architecture Group (WAG) is an established and recently expanded architecture, design and research practice, whose interests range from urbanism and ecology to architectural furniture and computer aided manufacture.
The architectural research that WAG has been involved in, produced through teaching, writing and built practice, enables the practice to articulate, explore and develop the core aims and values of their clients, in interesting and powerful new ways.
Based near Spitalfields Market, in East London, their portfolio includes residential, retail, exhibition, bar and branding projects.
Clients include BBC, YMCA, German Embassy and British Museum.
For further information please contact Jon Goodbun of WAG on 020 7377 2423.
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