Project Oumuamua

Named for a comet that traversed our universe in 2017, originating from another galaxy and continuing on through another one still, it bore the traditional Hawaiian name for ‘Messenger from afar’. And we let I guide us beyond the space we knew.
How to design for the temporary without succumbing to the clichés — plywood! Second hand furniture! — of all the pop-up spaces that litter Amsterdam North? How to to make it cosy, yet still multifunctional? We contrasted the original wooden roofing with a spacy, seemingly liquid, mixed cast epoxy floor. Three extraterrestrial objects, a pyramid, obelisk and monolith strategically marked, connected and divided the space and its functions. Furniture and mobile walls filled with earthly plants orbited around these cosmic solids to allow for infinite layouts, while programmable LEDs lit up the sky against the wooden beams.
Besides designing the space, Beyond Space and Space Encounters initiated and funded Oumuamua out of a deep love for nightlife and adventure.
Location Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Program Restaurant, bar, club, gallery
Client Self initiated
Collaboration Space Encounters
Status Completed in 2019
Floor area 500m2
Project team Remi Versteeg, Stijn de Weerd, Gijs Baks, Joost Baks, Vera Tamburlin, Clara Jansen, Marius van der Pol
Bespoke furniture Roord Binnenbouw, Amsterdam
Plant design het Groenlab, Amsterdam
Contract furniture Lensvelt, Breda
Sheet materials Finsa, Vlissingen
Natural Stone Lucas Schoot natuursteen, Oss
Floor Senso gietvloeren, Amsterdam
Fixtures Xenz, Dronten
Curtains Siersema, Amsterdam
Led lighting Invent design, Amsterdam
Glass walls Qbiq Wallsystems, Alphen aan den Rijn
Photography: Peter Tijhuis
Bar team: Alex Ketel, Jasper Vollaard, Studio Buik, Casper de Heer, Quintin van de Spek, Carlyn Hendriks and many more








