Pastrami Club by Paco Lago Interiorismo. A place that surprises with a different speech

The intriguing Pastrami Club has been chosen to the prize of ‘Bar of the Year’ within the ‘Frame Awards 2020’. That's how the studio explain us how the project came about and developed,

New York, second decade of the twentieth century. The sale of alcohol is prohibited and the so-called “speakeasy” or clandestine slums, bars behind closed doors, exclusive and where only a few have access. The imprint that these clandestine spaces left was such that since then all cities have their exclusive secret bar, and Malaga was not going to be less. The clueless passerby will run into a small fast-food stand ‘take-away’ where pastrami snacks are served, but if you open the bathroom door....... everything changes.

The creative studio Paco Lago Interiorismo accepted the challenge of an unconventional project, designing thinking about a clandestine club concept involved a series of creative challenges, such as, for example, the one that involved the lighting of the entire premises: exclusive luminaires integrated into a custom-made coffered ceiling that can move rhythmically or remain fixed, or a roof of square boxes that curves until it merges with the back of the bar, in which each case is a lamp that changes color and intensity.

As for vertical coverings, we chose economical, versatile and resistant materials to which all its aesthetic potential has been taken out: mirrors, vinyl coverings, lattices, metal curtains, stone or fabric. The lounge bar stands out for its marble counter behind which the illuminated retro niches that form the back of the bar shine.

Perhaps the key word to define Pastrami Club is ‘surprise’. Surprise from the outside, through the pastrami sandwich bar, surprise with access to the club through the gentlemen's bathroom where everything is upside down, surprise to find the lounge and its unique play of lights or its exclusive bar Surprise yourself when you go beyond the red curtain and enjoy the exclusive pink room, or when you enter through the VIP access and think that you have entered hell. In short, surprise with a different speech.

Paco Lago began his professional career 25 years ago. During this time, he has surrounded himself with a trustworthy team to shape Paco Lago Interiorismo, the creative studio that is today, composed of a multidisciplinary group of 8 people, a reference in the province, and increasingly with more projects outside from our borders (United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Hungary or the Caribbean island of Saint Martin). Any assignment that supposes a challenge will always be a priority for the study, turned almost into a family, where the commitment, illusion, music, good dinners or traveling together make up the non-negotiable DNA of the study

Frame Awards 2020

The inclusion among the 18 final proposals represents the choice of ‘Pastrami Club’ among a group of more than 1000 projects to qualify for the 2020 Frame Awards. From this moment the jury will begin the pre-selection of projects. The official nominees will be announced on December 12: these will be the final projects invited to the live awards ceremony, the Frame Awards, on February 19 and 20, 2020 in Amsterdam.

Source: Paco Lago Interiorismo
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