Spanish firm Clap Studio used patterned Alpi wood, stainless steel and coloured lighting to make this techno club in Spain look and feel like the inside of an oven.
Aptly named Oven, the club is located in the city of Valencia and was established in 2018, before which it occupied a single room in a larger club.
Clap Studio designed Oven’s original interior on a limited budget when the venue first opened, creating a design scheme with an industrial aesthetic featuring metal mesh.
Oven’s new interior, which was completed in April of this year, retains its original layout and still includes metallic elements, however the space was given a more distinctive character relating to the venue’s name.
All surfaces, finishes and materials were carefully selected to contribute to the effect of being inside an oven.
“The concept materialises through a visual and material language that evokes what happens inside an oven: a place where temperature rises, materials transform, and everything vibrates with intensity,” said Clap Studio.
Two-tone Alpi wood featuring an almost psychedelic, burl-like pattern rendered in a dramatic combination of red and black was chosen to represent flames and the process of burning.
The metal panelling that clads the bar areas and DJ booth furthers the oven-like aesthetic, while also enhancing the dynamic lighting scheme by bouncing light around the space.
“Stainless steel surfaces reflect the venue’s moving lights, generating a sense of heat and constant motion,” said Clap Studio.
Wall-mounted light bars, ceiling-mounted track lighting and a grid-like lighting system above each bar recall the glowing heating elements inside the roof of an oven.
The lighting can be programmed to become different colours depending on the mood of the event.
An LED screen provides an eye-catching backdrop behind the DJ booth, which continues on the ceiling and stretches out above the dance floor.
Underpinning the whole interior is a solid-red vinyl floor by Tarkett, setting the warm, dramatic tone for the space.
“The new scheme reflects the club’s evolution and its established presence as one of the most important venues in Valencia,” Clap told Dezeen. “The design reinforces Oven’s identity and positions it as a reference in the scene.”
Clap Studio was founded in 2017 by creative director Jordi Iranzo and technical architect Àngela Montagud. Based in Valencia, the practice works on projects internationally, specialising in retail and hospitality interiors.
Other nightclubs previously published on Dezeen include a red-and-gold club interior by Cosby Studios designed in homage to the director David Lynch, a funfair-like live music venue in Oklahoma City by AB Lafitte and a fully LGBTQIA+ inclusive, visually stimulating Seattle nightclub by Mutuus Studio.
The photography is by Simone Marcoli.
