Difference from a Cellar Bar: Hiding is Intentional, Not Due to Location

A bar that creates a sense of privacy through design, not location. While cellar bars have low ceilings and brick arches because they are inherently in a basement—a given architectural condition—the concealment here is actively created: despite being on the ground floor, despite being on a bustling street, it hides itself with a false storefront and a winding passage. The space itself might be new, and the ceiling not low. Avoid: creating atmosphere through basements and brick arches, letting privacy come from existing architectural conditions, making the space look damp and old, using historical spaces to replace design methods.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間靠設計而非靠位置產生私密感的酒吧。地窖酒吧的低天花與磚拱是因為它本來就在地下室,那是建築給的條件;這裡的隱蔽是主動做出來的:明明在一樓、明明在熱鬧的街上,卻用一道假的店面與一段轉折的通道把自己藏起來。空間本身可能很新、天花也不低。避免:靠地下室與磚拱製造氣氛、讓私密感來自建築的既有條件、把空間做成陰濕老舊的樣子、用歷史空間取代設計的手法。