With the concept of a factory in mind, the club relies on limited materials and colors only. The minimal design with elements like exposed steel beams, elevator shaft, fire prevention system, ventilation, and epoxy cement floors to allow focus on the programmatic content of the events, while keeping alive the excitement of the raw energy of old school raves.
OCTAGON MOTIF
The design motif that runs throughout the club interior, lighting, and it sets the structural rules for construction in octagon. Inspired by its prevalence in Korean traditional design (such as in royal pavilions and dishes), Urbantainer chose the octagon as their design motif because of its specific representation of a human between the elements of land and heaven. Since the shape is in between a circle and a square, the octagon resembles a person, the medium between sky and land.