In late 2019 the bar of the KINK project had its pre-opening, and the restaurant opened in May 2020.

The founders Daniel Scheppan, Oliver Mansaray and their bar chef Arun Puvanendran had briefed us on their aims in terms of innovation, experiment and de-construction for the space and the recipes of kitchen and bar. Thus our suggestion to create a bar counter, which would match this approach on an architectural level, was welcomed with joy. The de-constructed bar landscape is created to diffuse the barriers between guests and hosts, while on the other hand ensuring comfortable working conditions for the bar staff.

Although being optimized for workflows, the bar seemingly makes no difference between the areas behind and in front of the bar. Guests can sit down ‘in the bar’ instead of ‘at the bar’, and a DJ is integrated into the landscape as well. So when the night goes on, and the music gets louder, people hang around in the bar space and chat and dance, and guests and hosts float along together, just like good friends in a party at home.