28-9-2004
Material Information

The ship can roughly be divided in three main areas, Entrée and toilets, Salle Neige and Bar Noir. They each have a different feel to them, and differ as there names suggest in colour.

Floor:
Flooring in both the entrée area as the toilets is made by red resin flooring. The same red resin is used to cover the stairs leading in to the Bar Noir. The floor of the white Salle Neige is covered with white resin. Upstairs the Bar Noir is also done with resin only this time it’s a deep black.

Wall:
Walls in the entrée and toilets are red, partly covered in red carpet, partly painted red. At the bottom and the top of the walls, there is 20 cm’s of skirting made with polished stainless steel. The same polished steel (‘chrome steel’) is used to cover walls in the toilets and upstairs in the Bar Noir. Areas not covered by chrome steel in the Bar Noir are painted black. In the Salle Neige, the walls are mostly covered by polycarbonate sheets, which are ordinarily used for multiple glazing. Any parts of the walls not covered are painted white.

Ceiling:
Entrée and toilet ceilings are made of plywood, painted red. In the Salle Neige the existing ceiling was taken out and with the ships construction left in sight the ceiling has been painted white. Upstairs the Bar Noir has a shiny high gloss black stretch ceiling, which has a dark mirroring effect.

Lighting:
In the red areas the light consists of recessed mounted downlights.
The Salle Neige has a variety of lighting. Firstly there is a great number of theatre style pinspots, these chrome lights are mounted on the ceiling. They have a very narrow lightbeam and by using about a 120 of them, this has a lively effect. In addition to these, the polycarbonate sheets are backlit by tubelights. These tubelights are part of a RGB lightsystem that is DMX controlled and gradually changes into any colour in the rainbow. Hereby changing the colour and feel of the room.
Upstairs in the black bar the lighting has the same lively feel, created by using similar numbers of lights, this time recessed mounted in the black ceiling. There is constant changing of their light emission to strengthen the effect. The Bar Noir also has a red neon sign that spells bar.

Furniture

Entrance:
cloakroom consisting of a nicely shaped hole in the wall

Toilets:
‘unisex’ toilet space fitted with stainless steel urinals and toilets.

Salle Neige:
very large bed, which fits approx. 75 people made of chrome steel and has white
sheeted mattresses inside. bar, white plywood covered in chrome steel, with metal
bars separating staff from customers.

Bar Noir:
bar, chrome steel and black Forbo crocodile linoleum on black plywood.
seats, black crocodile skaileather covered. The big snakelike shape is made, by using separate connectable elements. tables, chrome table leg with black tabletop.

Project team:
Gilian Schrofer, Rob Wagemans, Joris Angevaare, Erik van Dillen

Manufacturers:
furniture: Ubachs Betimmeringen B.V.
H2B houtbewerking en Interieur
fixtures and fittings: Jozef & zn.
floor: Vermeulen Kunststoftoepassingen
stretch ceiling: Schouten plafonds
lighting and electrical: Vasco Horeca Facilities
paintworks: Schilderbedrijf Bont
metal finishes
Wijnheymer Metaalbewerking
metal constructions: Faries Timmer- en Klussenbedrijf

Consultants:
light and sound: Ampco-Flashlight
Shipbuilding consultant: F.A. Consultant
Photography: Concrete Architectural Associates