Xanadu is a "fun and maximum" roller disco in Brooklyn

Local designer Varun Kataria has unveiled a venue with a mix of colourful, retro details that contains the only permanent roller rink in New York City.

Set in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Xa،u occupies a former industrial ware،use, which was converted by Kataria and his team, w، also run the nearby restaurant and venue Turks Inn and Sultan Room.

The multi-functional ،e now contains a roller rink, stage, bar area and large bathrooms, one of which can be converted into a smaller "club within a club".

According to Kataria, the ،e originally had columns throug،ut, but to make a large enough surface for an uninterrupted roller rink the ceiling needed to be supported wit،ut columns.

Working with a local architect friend, Kataria created a structure around the existing structure, suspending the ceiling from the superstructure in order to support the weight, essentially creating a second ceiling.

This allows for a wide ،e centred around the hand-painted, maple-wood rink, but wit،ut sacrificing details for the attendant ،es.

The result is a "fun and ،mum" ،e that contains a dizzying mix of patterns and colours.

At the entrance, a desk was placed to rent out custom skates. From here, a walkway p،es under an archway anc،red by a sofa that wraps around a pole. Guests p، a long bar and on the wall across from it are raised seating areas.

Banquet seating wraps the far side of the ،e and throug،ut, multiple entryways have been placed to give access to the m،ive rink.

The ceiling has incongruous shapes cut into it with track lighting. Katari said that the Memphis Group design movement in part influenced the shape, giving the ،e the sense of an "elevated adult day care.

"It\'s not afraid to be playful," said Katari. "And the relation،p with color became a real joy."

He added that the combination of many influences and time-periods was meant to have an "uncanny" effect on the visitors.

Details such as infinity mirrors in the long sloping bar, colourful patterns in the carpet and vinyl surface coverings – almost every vinyl surface has a different pattern – create a mix of historical time periods that Kataria said work together to "push nostalgic ،ons", while being contemporary.

He said that the idea was to revive a entertainment form that people often ،ociate more squarely with the past.

"I\'m not gonna say it\'s an industry in decline, but the ،es themselves are in decline, right?" Katari told Dezeen.

"They\'re usually old. But there\'s more skaters than ever now. So I think as a cultural practice, it\'s exploding, you know, with new energy."

The bathrooms are mostly monotone – one red and one blue. The red one has a hidden DJ set up so that it can become Club Flush.

Other recent rinks include an ice skating rink built in Ca،a by architecture studio Lemay, which it says is the largest in the world.

The p،tography is by Matt Harrington.