contemporary version of a 1960s discothèque.” Dyson Airblades, for example,” declared Robb.
The lighting for the dancefloor, specifically, was designed by Robb He further added: “There are always some instances where
with help from Danny B and Cosmo’s Lighting in LA. His first club the commercial nature of the project worked against us on an
design used a matrix of 49 large RGB LEDs. At Ecco, he laid out environmental level. For example, while it was clear that we could
180, single-point Color Star Tristar RGB DMX LEDs over about move to a ‘flushless’ urinal - a commercial fixture by definition
the same area. He also used mirrors over the dancefloor to ‘open - the constant flushing of the commodes would not allow for
up’ the dance area, with the reflections of the dancers lit from the anything like a residential dual-flush system, so I would have to
matrix of lights overhead and reflected in the ceiling. work with the plumbers to come up with something that was
Robb revealed that the club was not originally conceived as an ultimately acceptable to both needs. Similarly, commercial fire
‘eco’ project: “Once the decision was made to try to build the codes meant that upholstering the walls and ceiling as I had
club in an eco-friendly manner, Danny B made every effort to designed it, with a natural fibre such as denim, was more difficult
make things work, especially given the short lead-in times and ever than if we had gone with say the ultra-suede microfibre that was
present budget restraints. Joe Lodi’s Advanced Audio Technology originally scheduled”.
brought in acoustically absorbent insulating material for the ceiling And the biggest challenge for the designer? “There are always
that was made from recycled denim. Danny brought in the bar significant structural issues when updating 1920’s construction
top of Caesar Stone off-cuts, and he worked with the producers into the 21st century. From a design standpoint to create a club
of the TV show that had inspired the ecological theme, to try get that, given its relatively small size, could truly be defined as dance
more eco-friendly versions of my original fixtures and finishes. club and that could still facilitate a high degree of service. That
Ultimately, we all worked with what we could get online, in local meant paying extra attention to guest flow, service paths, and so
inventories, and what the TV show could help us out with - the on. Dancefloors in clubs in the States have been getting smaller
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