The Audo, as it is now known, celebrates and facilitates human connection in the global digital age. Bjarne Hansen, founder of Danish design company Menu, and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, co-founder of the Norm Architects, conceived The Audo as a hybrid space, a platform for bringing local and international creatives together over a drink, a meal, a project or simply a shared aesthetic experience. In addition to a restaurant, a café, a place for collaboration and events and a concept store, The Audo also houses a hotel. Each of the ten rooms is individually designed in a warm, soft minimalist style. This subtle, sophisticated aesthetic is also reflected in the bathrooms - with faucets and showers from Axor.

In order to reflect the reduced design in the wash area, too, the makers decided on the Uno faucets from Axor by Hansgrohe. For the bath tub the manufacturer  customized Axor Signature application, by which a floor-standing bath spout was converted into a perfectly sized rim-mounted bath spout. Since each of the ten rooms evokes a different mood and a different landscape through choice of material and palette, this was supported by the Axor FinishPlus range of surfaces, whether in Brushed Black Chrome for a ‘lunar’ ambience or in Brushed Bronze for a ‘deep forest’ atmosphere.

Other finishes that have been used are Brushed Brass and Stainless Steel Optic. In addition, the rooms were equipped with AXOR Showers such as the 350-overhead shower, which offers the cocooning PowderRain spray type and in the penthouse rooms, guests can experience the lavish Axor ShowerHeaven. The generous overhead shower pampers the body with different jet types from several nozzles. In the kitchen, the towering semi-pro version of the Citterio kitchen faucets from Axor give a professional ambience.

Bjarne Hansen explains their decision for AXOR as follows: “Danish architects tend to use the same local brand, and I thought it would be interesting to try something different.” And Bjerre-Poulsen from Norm Architects adds: “ It was very much a collaboration and we were delighted by all of the wonderful finishes Axor had to offer. We wanted a different material and color palette for each floor and each room. I think Axor got the finishes just right in terms of tonality and surface, which is a really hard thing to do."

By blurring the boundaries between work, store, home and hospitality, The Audo fosters a new kind of creative exchange. The approach is nicely summed up by the Latin expression from which The Audo derives its name: Ab Uno Disce Omnes. From one, learn all.