fram3bar

MATERIAL: STARON, METHOD: DRAPED: 29-year-old architect, dimitrios tsigos, quoted upon completion of framebar, that- "this is a truly contemporary triumph: space that is anything to everyone". in this, he meant, one may walk into framebar at the wrong time of day but not feel disappointed because it is empty. he adds to this by saying, "in fact, framebar doesn't look like anything particularly at all, so you get to decide what it is". therefore, one person unfolds a laptop and begins to work, while another has a coffee. yet, in the evening from the southern balconies, a sunset view of the acropolis is offered, accompanied by one of five resident dj's. in the interior, tsigos draped amorphous pieces of brown spanish emperador marble with ribbons of white-heat-formed staron (the white atop of the marble- seen in the photos). stunningly, the staron forms the stairs, sinks, bar tops, cafe tables, chairs, benches, stands, partitions, floors, and dj booths. the synthetic precision of staron's flawless surfaces allows colored light  to transform the space from a restaurant into a nightclub with the simple addition of, for instance, a violet light. this is a glamorous juxtaposition with the geological serendipity of spanish marble. framebar, a roomful of forms is a warm addition to tsigos design & construction.