AVS. Arkitektúr verktækni skipulag - 01.04.2002, Qupperneq 92

Myndarlegt neonskilti utan á risaglugga verslunargöt-
unnar veitir bleika skímu inn í rýmiö aö kveldi til. í
sandblásnum glerskilrúmun staöarins er fjöldi máls-
hátta á spænskri tungu, ættaðir úr smábænda- og mat-
armenningu þarlendra og kveöa þeir á um einföld sann-
indi og gleðiauka. Leturgerö þeirra er hin sama og var
notuð í fjölmiölun og spænskum bókmenntum á fyrri
hluta 20. aldar. Málshættirnir voru valdir af hinum mætu
rithöfundum Guöbergi Bergssyni og Örnólfi Árnasyni.
Kaffi List var hannað af HUGSMÍÐ teiknistofu, Guöjóni
Bjarnasyni arkitekt og myndlistarmanni.
Eigendur: Pórdís Guöjónsdóttir og Augustin Navarro. Aöstoö
viö hönnun: Gulleik Lövskar innanhússarkitekt. Verkfræöi og
loftræstihönnun: Víösjá verkfræöistofa, Jón B. Stefánsson og
Jón Logi.
Járnsmíöi: Jón V. Aöalsteinsson.
Viöarinnréttingar: Kompaníiö.
Smíöi: Pórir Arngrímsson.
Raflögn og hönnun: Straumver og Tera. Málningarvinna: Svanur
og Joi.
Fílmur/ texti: Óli Th.
Lýsing: Borgarljós.
Marmari: Álfaborg. Gler: íspan. ■
The Mediteranian at Main Street -
Sketches from Spain.
Construction of the well-known Spanish restaurant
and nightclub, Kaffi List, on Reykavík's main street
Laugavegur, is at its final stage. An addition, the 1920's
landmark house opened recently after a complete ren-
ovation dating back to the early spring months of the
millennium year. It was the aim of the resturant’s
designers to give a cultural insight into Spanish thought
as well as create a vehichle for an established mede-
teranian environment which also embraced very mod-
ern attitudes of architectural design. Construction
methods and attributes considered as somewhat dom-
inating in traditional Spanish restaurant design were
shaped into abstract forms; attention was given to the
raw and direct use of materials and the general atmos-
phere of traditional tapas resturants. However, all clich-
es and direct references were consciously avoided.
The almost extravagant use of horizontal cherry wood
panelling, which gives the space a very warm atmos-
phere welcomed by locals in the cold winters, and the
play on common Spanish marble types as floor materi-
al, as well as very clear-cut and straightforward detail-
ing, has a distant echo in traditional Spanish culture.
The deep pink colour of the place refers to the play of
colour as seen in the dressing customs and cloths of
the notorious bullfighters. The excavated and exposed
natural granite wall gives the underground cellar an
earthbound connection and smell similar to the many
rural restaurants of Spain, some of which have cliffs as
a backdrop or are located in caves.
It was somewhat tricky for an lcelandic designer to
transpose this open and light atmosphere over to a
location on the border of the Arctic Circle. However, an
attempt was made in that direction by completely open-
ing up the street facade of the building with a big dou-
ble-high glass wall and a sharp-cornered skylight in the
back reaching to the south sun. Enlarged sliding doors
open the dance floor into a barren rock garden under a
lightweight steel terrace in the summertime, erasing the
boundaries between the outside and inside. The same
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