Naslov
Zebra Galerie-Shop und Ze Bar
(Zebra Gallery shop and Ze Bar)

Autori
Fabijanić, Nenad ; Tadej, Sonja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, stručni

Knjiga
Concept shops

Urednik/ci
Wenz-Gahler, Ingrid

Izdavač
Vlastita naklada

Grad
Stuttgart

Godina
2002

Raspon stranica

ISBN
3-87422-644-1

Ključne riječi
Galerie, Galerieshop, ZeBar
(Gallery, Gallery-shop, ZeBar)

Sažetak
The wondrously beautiful buildings that were built in the 19th century by the Croatian architect, Joze Plecnik, are situated between the bank of the Ljubljanica and the National Gallery (1936-1940). One of these buildings is home to the Zebra Gallery, which exhibits furniture and glass objects by the artist Oskar Kogoj. On the ground floor next to the entrance is a shop where his glass objects, bottles, glasses and regional wines in designer bottles can be purchased. In the adjacent Ze Bar - a pun on Zebra - there is an even larger range of wines and liquor. The bar is also managed by the owner of the gallery and has often been often the setting for a splendid finale after quite a few gallery events. In the interior of the building, the Mediterranean theme of the building's architecture has been re-interpreted in the new concepts for the interior and the artistically sensitive rooms, which serve as the backdrop for the objects of art. Directly at the entrance, the visitor is welcomed by pink Perlino Rosato marble floor, which spreads upwards on a sculpturally shaped spiral staircase. A cloud of oak creates a surprising effect on the ceiling - floating and inspiring questions. Upstairs in the gallery, everything is bright and neutral so as to set off the varied objects of art. The flooring is maple and the walls and silk drapes pick up the same colour. The austerity of the interior is only interrupted by metaphors on the theme of "nature design". A narrow wall alcove becomes a tilted surface with a cube of onyx at its end, crowned by a bonsai tree. A butterfly hovers and a bundle of raw leather adorns the studio ceiling. A beam of driftwood from an elm tree arches over the door. In the gallery shop on the ground floor, the architecture also serves as an artful framework to set off the products. Gleaming black granite has been used throughout the room, climbing up the walls to the window and as far as a broken edge of stone which lays bare the beauty of the stone's inner structure. It is an austere white roomwith thin mwtal shelving used to display the artistic glass objects. An oak table like a work of sculpture dominates the middle of the room and is utilised for sales and presentation. A few metres away in the same building, four steps lead the visitor below street level to the Ze Bar. Black marble on the floor and walls unmistakeably signalise the affinity of the bar with the night. Small lights illuminate wall alcoves and' guide the guest across the deep black floor. The small adjacent room is almost sacral in character, with a narrow elliptical central table and black leather to lean on the wall. Even the restroom facilities are characterised by painstaking attention to detail. Zebra and Ze Bar form an exciting architectural ensemble geared to presentation and sales, as well as to relaxation and stimulation of the senses.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arhitektura i urbanizam

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