OneZeroFour - Phnom Penh Bar - Construction
 

Construction of the bar was interesting in that we only had an idea of what we wanted but no actual design plans, the only thing we knew was that we wanted a Terracota floor that didn't look to much like other bars, we also wanted to brick the lower half of the walls but ended up painting them instead. Some mirrors and a bar. The general feel we aimed for was openness and airy but still with privacy when you sit at the bar. Sopheap wanted the bar to have enough clearance so she could dance on it so the fans were mounted high.

The shop house format usually includes a mezzanine floor, which we didn't want. So we demolished it and used the rubble to bring  the floor to the same level throughout.The floor at the back of the building was raised nearly 15cm.

There is a Photo Album showing various stages of construction.

When building things here you need to remember that not many things are vertical or horizontal or even straight. Also some of the workers don't seem to notice if things aren't straight or don't look very good. But labour costs are so cheap that it's normal to get them to do it twice, of course it could be a way them to just get twice as much money.