THE TUBE

This club is situated in the basement of a postwar building in the city centre of Belgrade. On 350 square metres the architects have created areas which interconnect with one another in a fluid sequence. Instead of room-high walls they have used visual and spatial connections, like the installation designed by Mirjana Rankovic,'Time Beyond Time'. Time seems to be an unknown dimension here. There is no relation to the outside world: the club is located in a former nuclear fallout shelter! The 20-metre-long podium emphasises the proportions of the space and can be used as a catwalk, rostrum or grandstand. Although massive, several tonnes in weight, the element seems to float above the floor thanks to the illuminated shadow gap. The sensual interaction between the architecture and the visitor is also continued in the way the various materials are used, alternating between concrete and velvet, hard and soft, tangible and perceptible.