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Project Baovan
Valencia
WHEN NACHO SAL SILLA and his business partners contacted Clap Studio, they had just created the first home-delivered artisanal bao company in their hometown of Valencia and had the dream of opening the first bao restaurant in the Spanish city.
Tey had been living and travelling for years around Asia, America and Africa and with the same adventurous spirit they created Baovan, a project inspired by their surfing and exploring lifestyle.
Clap Studio’s challenge was to reflect the spirit and personality of Baovan, a brand linked to the sea and with a very specific brand ethos of ‘beers, beach and baos’. Te goal was to transport the visitor to a beach from where they could watch the sunset and enjoy some handmade baos.
Below Clap Studio’s challenge was to reflect the spirit and personality of Baovan, a brand linked to the sea and with a very specific brand ethos of ‘beers, beach and baos’
Te space is divided into three. From the outside, visitors first see the forest – a porch full of ropes that fall from the ceiling representing a dense vegetation. Once the visitor crosses this zone, they discover the beach and its sunset – a screen, in the shape of a half moon, attracts the eye; it has been programmed by Vitamin Studio to recreate the colours of a sunset and to match its duration to a dinner service. Te interior aims to create a constant duality of colours reflecting water. On the ceiling is a recreation of a blanket of clouds intended to bring added atmosphere, reflecting the lights of the sunset that is in constant movement. Baovan hides one more area: a reserved space for ten people who can experience dinner in the moonlight. Round and crescent shapes are repeated throughout, from the windows that connect the exterior to the interior, to the lighting installation, to the chairs designed exclusively for the restaurant that represent the shape of an open bao bread.
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MONTREAL-BASED FOR Design Planning has created the interior scheme for L’Île Mystérieuse, a museum telling the story of French novelist and poet Jules Verne. After having unearthed over 300 artefacts from auctions and estate sales over the years, the client dreamed of opening a space where his collection could be displayed.
A real estate opportunity presented itself that allowed the client to convert his dream into reality, and to share his passion for all things Jules Verne with local and visiting tourists. To do so, he created an entire ecosystem around the museum, adding a restaurant-lounge and boutique. Te result is L’Île Mystérieuse, named after the Jules Verne novel (Te Mysterious Island) detailing the tragic end of his famous Captain Nemo.
Tis Île Mystérieuse is anchored in a 20th-century building nicknamed the Blue House, to which a new glass extension has been added. Te house’s doors, windows and roof were completely renovated, while its stone walls and fireplaces were preserved and restored to their original state.
A curtain-wall extension, housing the mini-museum and boutique, features a large exterior custom-made fresco depicting Captain Nemo’s poignant death on Mysterious Island. Te restaurant’s entrance is similarly distinguished by a giant backlit map of the island, while a
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