架构师提供的文本描述。我们相信好的设计来自于研究和探索，它是从一个地方的物理和社会环境中发展出来的。新奥尔良是一个充满故事的城市。这是爵士的诞生地。这是第一个鸡尾酒发明的地方。它是小说的舞台，从“邓斯联盟”到“吸血鬼采访”。这是塔罗阅读和黑暗艺术蓬勃发展的地方。我们发现这座城市有这些神奇的暗流，故事就在这里酝酿。在法国西部地区，这些神秘的暗流创造了城市本身的社会结构，这正是我们设计的基础。

Text description provided by the architects. We believe that good designs come from research and exploration, it’s something that develops from within the physical and social contexts of a place. New Orleans is a city brimming with stories. It’s the birthplace of Jazz. It’s where the first cocktail was invented. It’s the stage for novels ranging from A Confederacy of Dunces to Interview with the Vampire. It’s where tarot reading and dark arts thrive. We discovered the city has these fantastic undercurrents wherein stories brew. At the W French Quarter, these mysterious undercurrents which create the social fabric of the city itself are the very basis of our design.

 © Michael Kleinberg

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在W法国季度的概念有两个关键的原则，实际上有更多的属性，比一个人最初认为。首先，我们集中在爵士-路易斯阿姆斯特朗，小号，黄铜，欧洲，非洲和加勒比的混合声音。其次是黑暗的艺术-塔罗牌，格里斯-格里斯，护身符。把它们束缚在一起的是，它们都是从神秘的地下冒出来的。就像新奥尔良本身，他们有自己的内在逻辑，这是直觉的，冲动的和自发的。

The concept for the W French Quarter has two key tenets which actually share more attributes than one would initially think. Firstly we focused on Jazz – Louis Armstrong, the trumpet, the brass, the mixture of European, African and Caribbean sounds. Secondly are the dark arts – tarot cards, gris-gris, amulets. What binds these is that they are both unscripted and emerge from a mysterious underground. Like the city of New Orleans itself, they have their own internal logic which is intuitive, impulsive and spontaneous.

 © Michael Kleinberg

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酒店的楼层分为两种不同的类型：爵士乐或塔罗。在客房里有一幅画面，从地板到天花板，部分穿过天花板，实质上是包裹着房间的角落。在塔罗的房间里，形象是五角的女王，而在爵士乐中，则是小号的特写。迷你吧是一个多面金属物体与照明顶部，一个现代的想法，蜡烛点燃的圣坛。覆盖电视是一个凸面的镜子，它提供了这个可怕的扭曲的房间透视图，就像你在看水晶球。全高度百叶窗是一个直接参考新奥尔良的建筑史，并抵消干净的现代线条的家具。

The floors of the hotel are split into two different types: Jazz or Tarot. In the guestroom there is an image which goes floor-to-ceiling and partially across the ceiling, essentially wrapping the corner of the room. In the tarot rooms the image is of the queen of pentacles and in the jazz it’s a close up of the trumpet. The minibar is a faceted metal object with an illuminated top, a modern take on the idea of a candle-lit alter. Covering the TV is a convex mirror which gives this awesome warped perspective of the room, like you’re looking in to a crystal ball . The full height shutters are a direct reference to the architectural history of New Orleans and offset the clean modern lines of the furniture.

 © Michael Kleinberg

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新奥尔良是鸡尾酒和爵士的诞生地，这并不令人惊讶，因为它是一个多元文化潮流的城市，相互交融和相互影响。SoBou抓住了混合学的理念，因为它不仅涉及鸡尾酒，而且还涉及爵士和黑暗艺术。餐厅里的每一个空间都有一个独特的混合概念的解释。入口和前面的用餐空间让人想起了一位药剂师，这位药剂师讲述了鸡尾酒的起源。从地板到天花板，墙壁上都是瓶子，空间被药剂师的箱子和照明的展示柜隔开，里面收藏着美国鸡尾酒博物馆的古董工具、摇椅和眼镜。

That New Orleans is the birthplace of both the cocktail and Jazz is not surprising as it is a city with diverse cultural currents that mingle and re-inform each other. Sobou captures the idea of mixology as it relates to not only cocktails but also Jazz and the dark arts. Each of the spaces in the restaurant has a distinctive interpretation of the concept of mixology. The entry and front dining space recalls an apothecary which speaks to the origins of the cocktail. From floor-to-ceiling the walls are clad in bottles and the space is divided by apothecary cases and illuminated display cases house a collection of vintage tools, shakers and glasses from the Museum of the American Cocktail.

 © Michael Kleinberg

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主餐厅设有单向玻璃装置，发光的瓶子倍增成无限大，一对大型黄铜灯装置，回想起黄铜喇叭的末端，照亮了空间。从所有餐厅空间都可以看到一个轻轻弯曲的黄铜酒吧。蜂蜜花岗岩条顶部被打断在厨师的桌子，在那里它变成一个椭圆发光的表面的光。旁边的酒吧是一个现代化的啤酒花园，在那里有自助服务的自助式酒机和啤酒水龙头直接建在桌子上。每张桌子上方都挂着一个长方形的黄铜灯饰，里面是女性眼睛的肖像。因此，虽然外部的阴影是一个直接参考黄铜和它在爵士乐中的作用，这些吊坠的内部表明，在新奥尔良市的同时，可供选择的地下运动。

The main dining space has one way glass installation where glowing bottles multiply into infinity and a pair of large brass light fixtures recalling the end of a brass horn illuminate the space. Visible from all dining spaces is a gently curving brass bar. The honey granite bar top is interrupted at the chef’s table where it becomes an elliptical glowing surface of light. Adjacent the bar is a modern beer garden where in there are self-service enomatic wine machines and beer taps built directly into the tables. Above each table hangs a rectangular brass light fixture inside of which are portraits of women’s eyes. Thus while the exterior of the shades are a direct reference to brass and its role in Jazz, the interior of these pendants suggest a concurrent yet alternative underground movement in the city of New Orleans.

 © Michael Kleinberg

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