Le Cab

The main char­ac­teris­tic of the space re­de­signed by Ora-Ito is its moder­ni­ty. The sur­round­ings are in­cred­i­b­ly fu­turis­tic but the am­biance is soft and sen­su­al. The rad­i­cal ar­chi­tec­ture of the premis­es nev­er­the­less re­mains log­i­cal and ra­tio­n­al. The sett­ing cre­at­ed re­sem­bles sci­ence-fic­tion cin­e­ma de­cor with a Kubrikian at­mo­sphere. The dist­inc­tive fea­tures high­light the as­ton­ish­ing views found in the club. The DJ booth has been mag­ni­fied to high­light the artist in­vit­ed to the turnta­bles, there­by sanc­ti­fy­ing it.
The orig­i­nal at­mo­sphere re­sults from a vi­su­al ap­proach and bold touch in the choice of fur­ni­ture, ma­te­rials and colours used. The dance floor has been graph­i­cal­ly treat­ed with a solid colour up­on which lights stand out. Re­peat­ed hor­i­zon­tal and par­al­lel stripes pro­duce a se­ries of chang­ing lines of light on the floor. The space ap­pears to be de­signed by the light which forms a struc­ture that pre­sents the in­te­ri­or ar­chi­tec­ture. The play of mir­rors cre­ates re­flec­tions that colour the whole club at once. The light play­ful­ly me­ta­mor­phos­es through au­to­mat­ed colour changes be­hind the trans­lu­cent pan­els and the two-way mir­rors. Th­ese dim­ly lit ha­los com­plete­ly change the am­biance and the gen­er­al ap­pear­ance of the place: by chang­ing from one colour to another, you have the feel­ing that you are no longer in the same place.