So we are architect of record for a restaurant project
called “Double Gallows” in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. It is a small neighborhood bar type
establishment, and we inherited the project from another architect to help the
client get a building permit.
The interior will be an exposed structure ceiling common in
many restaurants nowadays. There is a
small vestibule at the front entrance and the interior designer wanted the tile
to come up to eight feet but was uncertain how to terminate it. It was discussed to put in a drywall ceiling
but we would have to rework a mechanical duct to work with the new
ceiling.
So I thought of the name – Double Gallows. Just how far might the client want to take
this concept? I decided to find
out. I proposed to the interior designer
that we put wood trim at the top of the tile, raise the height enough and have
a couple of faux trap doors with hinges on either side of the opening. Then hang two nooses from the underside of
the roof deck.
Voila…double gallows! Okay, so they didn’t want to take the theme THAT far.
But the interior designer thought it might be cool to do the
trim and drape string ropes across the underside of the roof deck to allude to
the ropes. Showing that being
a smart arse can lead to unusual but creative solutions. It also shows that enjoying The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes wasn't for naught.
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