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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Blue Wave Bar in OneOcean Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain by El Equipo CreativoOctober 25th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: El Equipo Creativo At the recent annual Restaurant & Bar Design Awards held in London, El Equipo Creativo was awarded two Restaurant & Bar Design Awards for their design of the Blue Wave bar (currently OneOcean Bar) in Barcelona. The Award ceremony started positively for El Equipo Creativo when the Blue Wave bar design received the ´Best Europe Bar´ design award and ended on an even better note with the team being called back on stage to collect the most coveted international bar design award: ‘Best Overall Bar´.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula
 Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula Restaurant & Bar Design Awards In 2016 the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards shortlisted 1000 entries in 37 categories from all across the world. Out of these winners the Overall Bar and the Overall Restaurant winners were chosen. The award for ´Best Overall Bar´ went to Blue Wave Bar and for ´Best Overall Restaurant´ to The German Gymnasium (designed by Conran & Partners).  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula Celine Salman, judge at the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, commented on the winning Bar Design: “A perfect example of a cleverly and creatively well thought out space that is difficult to achieve yet easy to absorb and enjoy as an end user. A beautiful space that leaves you feeling inspired and positively energized.”  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula Blue Wave Design The client, OneOcean Port Vell, asked El Equipo Creativo to create a place where you can enjoy cocktails in an elegant atmosphere whilst appreciating the beautiful waterside surroundings of Barcelona’s Port. El Equipo Creativo translated this vision into an interior that recreates a wave about to break, immersing the customers in a marine atmosphere full of reflection and shade, and creating the interplay of light and shadow at dawn. As the wave ´spills out´ it becomes something else, like sea foam, taking form through the use of reflective materials like marble slabs, metals and glass in the interiors. The colour ranges from the deep blue of the sea to the white of sea foam, culminating in the white concrete lattice façade of the restaurant’s exterior.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula One single material was used on all the surfaces (floors, walls and ceiling) to unify the space and heighten the sensation of being enveloped by the wave. Ceramic tile, designed especially for the project and handmade by local artisans, echoes the ocean and embodies the intrinsic qualities of Mediterranean architecture. The two Restaurant and Bar Design Awards are the third and fourth design awards to be received by El Equipo Creativo for this design. The studio received a CID Award for ´International Tile Design´ and the ´Interior Design Award´ from the ASCER Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Design. Next to that the design has been shortlisted for the Leaf Awards.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula About El Equipo Creativo El Equipo Creativo (´The Creative Team’ in Spanish) is headed by architects Oliver Franz Schmidt, Natali Canas del Pozo and Lucas Echeveste Lacy. The interior design studio is based in Barcelona and specializes in the design of gastronomic, commercial and brand spaces. Their work together began in 2010, with the design of the emblematic restaurant Tickets from Ferran and Albert Adriá. Since then they have completed several projects which have been recognized by numerous international design awards, including the prestigious Restaurant and Bar Design Awards, The Great Indoors Awards, FX International Award, Best of the Year Award or AIT Interior Contract Award. Their project designs have been published in paper and web publications in more than twenty countries.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula About OneOcean Port Vell OneOcean Port Vell represents the fresh face of Mediterranean yachting with the urban vibrancy of Barcelona yet within a day’s sailing of Mediterranean hotspots. Following a multimillion-pound overhaul, the marina accommodates over 150 yachts up to 190m long; the only European superyacht marina of its scale to be located so centrally within a city. The private members OneOcean Club, a 150-cover restaurant, and OneOcean Bar (formerly Blue Wave), a cocktail and tapas bar, offer year-round al fresco dining in the form of a summer sundeck and winter terrace.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula About Restaurant & Bar Design awards The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards now in its eighth year is a globally recognized competition dedicated to the design of food and beverage spaces. This covers every imaginable space, from ships to airports, museums to burger vans, and from revered Michelin-starred establishments to the fleeting dynamism of pop-ups. Judged by a panel of some of the most influential personalities in design, hospitality and lifestyle globally, this annual edition of the Awards attracted 1000 entries from the UK and 70 other countries.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula
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