Among the multitude of intricate references, details and nods to the site’s past, The Brewhouse Malta – which forms part of the Farsons Brewery regeneration project that also includes Trident Park in Imriehel – is sporting a gleaming reception desk that is at once modern and entrenched in the brand’s history.
Interior design company DStudio, who was tasked with reimagining the interior public spaces of the regenerated brewery that was built in 1950, turned to the raw material that draws instant associations with the site’s industrial heritage.
“The reception desk’s form and materiality is a direct reference to the brewing kettles found within The Brewhouse,” say DStudio, who turned to design and digital fabrication build shop, Matter Make, for their expertise, where their robotic arm was used to form the copper sheet against a timber mould.
The team at Matter Make adopted a mould-less method of shaping flat copper sheets into the double-curved form seen on the reception desk.
“The technique is called incremental sheet forming and has been used in industry for some time. It has recently been popularised again in advanced robotic manufacturing due to its inexpensive process of shaping sheet metals,” say Matter Make. “Each piece can be unique as there are no high costs for moulds involved.”
The reception desk serves as a bold focal point for anyone entering this mixed-used space, which includes offices, eateries, the Farsons Experience, and the brand store with its variety of merchandise, all woven together within a factory-like design aesthetic reminiscent of the site’s industrial origins.
Renders: DStudio
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