![Andreas Bauer, Christoph Meier, Robert Schwarz, Lukas Stopczynski and friends, Los Bar, 2015. Wood, cardboard, plastic, paper, concrete, steel, brass, aluminum, rubber foam, acrylic, tape, paint, electric, alcohol, ice, 671 x 252 x 258 cm. Installation view at Mackey Apartments / MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles. Image credits: Los Bar, 2015 Andreas Bauer, Christoph Meier, Robert Schwarz, Lukas Stopczynski and friends, Los Bar, 2015. Wood, cardboard, plastic, paper, concrete, steel, brass, aluminum, rubber foam, acrylic, tape, paint, electric, alcohol, ice, 671 x 252 x 258 cm. Installation view at Mackey Apartments / MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles. Image credits: Los Bar, 2015](/content/dam/domusweb/en/news/2015/07/22/los_bar/domus-01-los-bar.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
It was primarily Schindler’s perspective on architecture as a host, or even social form, that led these Austrian and German residents – who met for the first time in L.A. while living in a Schindler building – to push their idea of recreating Loos’s bar onsite, challenging their calculation of the 0.65 scale in every sense till it became a reality. Marble became OSB, glass became mosquito mesh fabric, wood became cardboard, and the leather upholstery became air-conditioning filter pads. Some reconciliation (with a disarming laugh) between Loos and the Wiener Werkstätte, in DIY style, with a nail gun from Lowes. Instead of signature cocktails it’s all simply on the rocks.
Empty PBR beer cans have become cast aluminum ashtrays, self-made e-cigars become sculptures in themselves, with smoking permitted by historical precedent. You can call it occupational therapy or a social sculpture, maybe a manifestation against boredom in Mid-Wilshire, or just a good bar.
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Los Bar, Mackey Apartments / MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
Design team: Andreas Bauer, Christoph Meier, Robert Schwarz, Lukas Stopczynski and friends
Completion: 2015