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Hospitality
L&L Luce&Light
Duckpin
A new meeting place for fans of bowling and good food has opened
in the centre of Oslo, on Torggata. This short street in the heart of
the Norwegian city is only open to pedestrians and cyclists and is
famous for its large number of trendy bars and restaurants.
The new place, called Duckpin, is a restaurant and recreation venue
with rooms entirely dedicated to mini duckpin bowling. The shorter
lanes, smaller balls, squatter pins and absence of the classic lace-up
shoes with slippery soles of this bowling variation sit comfortably
in the American industrial interiors with their wooden tables and
soft sofas. The venue is the first in Europe to offer this unusual
combination of a different form of entertainment and delicious
dining opportunities in the same venue.
Duckpin is an opportunity to socialise that arose as a response to
the pandemic, in which people found themselves shut away in their
own homes for months at a time. It offers a wide range of delicious
specialities, with an ever-changing American fusion menu based on
culinary delights conjured up from sizzling charcoal grills.
Much time and effort was also invested in designing the spaces and
the lighting: the building’s classic-style facades are foregrounded by
the light from Neva 7.0 and Neva 7.2 linear profiles, with 18° optics
and mounted on 140-mm-high adjustable graduated brackets. Their
minimalist design, recessed optics for excellent visual comfort and,
last but not least, installation on brackets makes them ideal for use
as architectural lighting. Neva comes in several versions, the main
difference being the colour of the LED sources they contain – for
this project, SML Lighting chose the RGBW version to give the
venue owners the possibility of creating different lighting scenes
with plays and accents of coloured light to brighten up the exterior
walls overlooking Oslo’s busiest street.
Location
Oslo, Norway
Application
Facades
Light planning
SML Lighting
Executed by
HGN Elektro AS
Interior design
Monn Interior Architects
Photography
Dag Sandven
Duckpin
Neva 7.0 / 7.2
power: 30W/75W
optics: 18°
LED colour: RGBW
with brackets
