Traditional wilderness huts inspired this bar and kitchen in Adelaide, designed by local office Sans Arc Studio to slot into a narrow alleyway.

Squeezed into a four-metre-wide opening between two much taller buildings on Leigh Street, Pink Moon Saloon comprises a pair of small huts with steeply pitched roofs and a small courtyard in between.
Sans Arc Studio wanted the space to evoke the sense of adventure associated with pitching a tent and eating around a campfire.

"The experience of this bar was to be entwined with a narrative. This narrative was of the outdoors ? a childhood memory of fire-cooked food and camping in the forest," explained the architects.
"Throughout the design process the concept evolved and settled on exploring the typology of the wilderness hut."
Pivotal to this concept was the choice of materials. The team opted to use a mix of locally sourced woods, including spotted gum, Tasmanian oak and ironbark.

The two huts also have timber frames, which are left exposed and painted in vibrant shade of blue. According to the team, the colour scheme was loosely based on Himalayan mountain cabins.

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Blue tones are similarly applied to the window and door frames, and to the leather seating upholstery.

"The intention with Pink Moon was to create its own identity or vernacular; by designing and building in the way a hut should be,"...