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架构师提供的文本描述。酒吧拉瓦尔是21世纪对西班牙新艺术设计的回应。拉瓦尔是加拿大著名厨师格兰特·范·加梅伦(Grant Van Gameren)和神童混合家迈克·韦伯斯特(Mike Webster)和罗宾·古德费罗(Robin Goodfreer)的创意产物，他向多伦多介绍了“pintxo”酒吧-这是西班牙北部社会和美食文化的基石。

Text description provided by the architects. Bar Raval is a 21st-century response to Spanish Art Nouveau design. The brainchild of celebrated Canadian chef Grant van Gameren and wunderkind mixologists Mike Webster and Robin Goodfellow, Raval introduces Toronto to the “pintxo” bar—a tapas-style bar that is a cornerstone of social and gastronomic culture in northern Spain.

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继律师伊莎贝尔(Bar Isabel)的成功之后，范·加梅伦(Van Gameren)精心挑选了一些游击队员，为他的下一个位置实现了一个雄心勃勃的愿景：创造“一件艺术品”-这个空间将成为多伦多一家“和Pooya，Alex，以及他们团队的其他成员一起工作是鼓舞人心的，”VanGameren说。“从早期的概念规划到建设的最后阶段，他们促使我们超越我们想象的范围。随着我们视野的扩大，他们的奉献、诚实和对实现每一分钟细节的承诺超出了我们的所有期望。“

Following the success of Bar Isabel, van Gameren handpicked PARTISANS to execute an ambitious vision for his next location: to create “an art piece”—a space that would become an enduring Toronto institution. “Working with Pooya, Alex, and the rest of their team was inspiring,” says van Gameren. “From the early conceptual planning all the way through to the final stages of construction, they pushed us to envision beyond what we imagined possible. And as our vision grew, their dedication, honesty, and commitment to actualizing every minute detail surpassed all our expectations.”

 Interior Elevation

这个团队开始研究一种设计理念，它将把小意大利破旧的商业空间变成一个近乎感性的建筑雕塑。从看上去不间断的莫比乌斯条曲折的桃花心木仔细裁剪，室内设计从根本上说是物质性的。在一个只有站立的环境中，涟漪和涟漪的表面鼓励顾客获得舒适，向柔软的边缘倾斜，并成为木制品的一部分。拉瓦尔的熔融质量促进流体循环和近距离接触，尊重其西班牙同类产品的精神。它的雕塑美学也是为了反映肌肉组织。事实上，它直接向三位主人的纹身身体致敬。

The team got to work on a design concept that would transform the rundown commercial space in Little Italy into an almost sentient architectural sculpture. Carefully hewn from what look like unbroken Mobius strips of sinuous mahogany, the interior design is fundamentally corporeal. In a stand-up-only environment, the rippled—and rippling—surfaces encourage patrons to get comfortable, lean into their soft edges, and become a part of the woodwork. Raval’s molten quality fosters fluid circulation and close encounters, honouring the spirit of its Spanish pintxo counterparts. Its sculptural aesthetic is also intended to mirror muscle tissue. In fact, it pays direct homage to the tattooed physicality of the three owners.

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使Parsans与众不同的是他们的设计团队的技术需求和敏捷性。“BarRaval为我们提供了一个机会，让我们用先进的数字方法来重新诠释(而不是复制)21世纪的古典新艺术作品，”游击队的联合创始人亚历克斯·约瑟夫森(Alex Josephson)说。小组开发了一个非常详细的空间数字模型，以便开发预制组件，这些组件可以直接插入建筑物的现有结构中，而不会受到干扰。为了实现Parsans的新工具路径，该团队直接与制造者MCM公司合作。MCM招募了Mastercam来调整他们最终将用于在75块木板上加工超过9公里的版画的软件代码。

Part of what distinguishes PARTISANS is their design team’s technological appetite and agility. “Bar Raval was an opportunity for us to use advanced digital methods to reinterpret—not replicate—classical Art Nouveau tropes for the 21st century,” says PARTISANS co-founder Alex Josephson. The team developed a highly detailed digital model of the space in order to develop prefabricated components that could be inserted directly into the building’s existing fabric with minimal disruption. In order to realize PARTISANS’ novel toolpaths, the team worked directly with fabricators MCM Inc. MCM enlisted Mastercam to adjust the software code they would eventually use to mill over 9km of engravings on 75 panels of wood.

 Floor Plan

尽管拉瓦尔正在多伦多推出一种新的烹饪风格，但它的另一个主要目标是将混合烹饪提升到烹饪艺术的高度。游击队受到挑战，重新评估功能方面的经典酒吧，并重新设想它作为一个阶段的表现，互动，和敬畏。该团队还与工程师密切合作，开发定制的声学和定制的音响系统。

While Raval is introducing a new culinary genre to Toronto, its other chief objective is to elevate mixology to the heights of a culinary art. PARTISANS was challenged to re-evaluate the functional aspects of the classic bar and reimagine it as a stage for performance, interaction, and awe. The team also worked closely with engineers to develop customized acoustics and a tailor-made sound system.

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结果是个奇迹。对于那些冒着每天排队的危险进入酒吧的人来说，他们描述的感觉就好像他们已经离开多伦多，进入了一个完全不同的世界。路人也可以欣赏它的艺术性-手工制作的钢格子隔板，设计用来覆盖前窗和侧窗。但就像范·加梅伦的令人垂涎欲滴的针织品一样，这条细丝只提供了一种诱人的内在体验。

The result is a marvel. For those who have braved the daily lineups to get into the bar, they describe feeling as though they’ve exited Toronto and entered an entirely different world. Passers-by can also admire the artistry—the handcrafted steel latticework PARTISANS designed to clad the front and side windows. But like van Gameren’s mouth-watering pinxtos, the filigree only offers a tantalizing taste of what lies within.

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Architects Partisans

Location Toronto, ON, Canada

Category Renovation

Design Team Alexander Josephson, Pooya Baktash, Jonathan Friedman, Ivan Vasyliv, Ariel Cooke

Photographs Jonathan Friedman / Partisans