If Dogs Run Free | Tzou Lubroth Architekten

Vienna / Austria / 2012

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If dogs run free is a bar on the Gumpendorfer Straße in Vienna's 6th district co-owned by an actress, a restaurateur, a graphic designer, and two architects. The bar was conceived as a neighborhood watering hole; a place where students, neighbors, and the after-work crowd get together to enjoy a good drink. The name, like the space itself, is meant to invite fantasy.


The generously proportioned 82m2 space is modeled after a black box theater with the main focus on the ceiling plane rather than on an actual stage. In addition to its function as a bar, the owners wanted to provide a space where people have access to new ideas in art and design outside the traditional context of a gallery or the academy. The ceiling plane is reserved for artists and designers to create site specific installations intended as annual fixtures revolving around the theme Mensch und Natur.


The first installation was designed and built by the owners. It describes an inverted mountain landscape through the manipulation of a single geometric tile. The patchwork of tiles shift in tone creating two interwoven color gradients. The landscape is multiplied by mirrors attached to the wall behind the bar counter. Below the ceiling, dark, unadorned surfaces are used to emphasize the presence of the ceiling installation.


The walls are spackled with a blend of plaster and black house paint. The floor is poured asphalt. All furnishings are a mixture of steel and black MDF boards. The lighting is a flexible system of stage spots and construction strobes.


Architects: Tzou Lubroth Architekten (www.tzoulubroth.com)
Design Team: Gregorio S. Lubroth, Chieh-shu Tzou
Graphic Design: Maria Prieto Barea (www.mariaprietobarea.com)
Fabrication: Wagner Bau (www.wagner-bau.at) - Schubbauer Industrieböden (www.schubbauer.at) - 
Wittmann Metallbau (www.wittmann-metallbau.at) - Lufttechnik Pietsch (www.lufttechnik-pietsch.at) - Decotime (www.decotime.at)

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    If dogs run free is a bar on the Gumpendorfer Straße in Vienna's 6th district co-owned by an actress, a restaurateur, a graphic designer, and two architects. The bar was conceived as a neighborhood watering hole; a place where students, neighbors, and the after-work crowd get together to enjoy a good drink. The name, like the space itself, is meant to invite fantasy. The generously proportioned 82m2 space is modeled after a black box theater with the main focus on the ceiling plane...

    Project details
    • Year 2012
    • Work finished in 2012
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Bars/Cafés
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