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Jungle 8

A tropical night out in central Auckland

Restaurants & Bars

Auckland

2023

300sqm

Jungle 8

Jungle 8

CLIENT

LEAD DESIGNER

Hannah Churchill

DESIGN TEAM

Alex Davies, Yicheng Zeng and Changwei Zhou Photos: Sensor Studio Branding and Graphic Design: plusminus union press

PHOTOGRAPHY

The brief was to create a new downtown destination inside a dark, enclosed part of the heritage building. The client’s travels through Vietnam provided the emotional starting point: colour, movement, street-side eating, tropical planting and the intensity of Ho Chi Minh City. The project also became hcreates’ first completed project in New Zealand, with many custom elements produced with partners in China and coordinated from afar.

The interior builds atmosphere through layers of light, planting, graphics and custom objects. Pink and purple light washes across the bar floor, while dense tropical planting softens the old brick structure. Three-dimensional neon animals are hidden through the greenery and overhead LCD screens animate the city-and-jungle theme. Curved timber banquettes wrap the perimeter to create more intimate tables around the energetic central bar. Above it, a large striped neon tiger appears to launch from the jungle over the room, becoming the space’s most theatrical gesture. A private VIP room sits above the main floor, tucked into the ‘treetops’ and looking back over the action below.

The result is intentionally bold, playful and immersive. Rather than reproducing a literal street scene, the design brings together the colour, movement and sensory intensity that inspired the concept, creating a lively setting for the food and cocktail programme while giving the historic site a completely new character.

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