In Ibiza, replacing a famous club is never a simple renovation.

When Space Ibiza closed its doors in October 2016 after 27 years, one of the island's most important clubbing chapters came to an end.

Just seven months later, the same Playa d'en Bossa site opened again.

But it was no longer Space.

It was Hï Ibiza.

The transformation was extensive. The rooms were redesigned, the production was rebuilt and a completely new musical and visual identity was introduced.

Since opening in 2017, Hï has become one of the defining venues of the modern Ibiza era, combining major electronic music residencies with advanced production, multiple dancefloors and a very different approach to the club experience.

Its story is not really about replacing Space.

It is about what happened next.

The end of Space

To understand Hï, we have to begin with the final days of Space.

Space Ibiza held its last closing fiesta on 2 October 2016, bringing to an end a 27-year chapter at the Playa d'en Bossa site.

The marathon event began on Sunday afternoon and continued into Monday, reflecting the extended-session culture for which Space had become famous.

Carl Cox, Alfredo, Tale Of Us, Maceo Plex, Steve Lawler, David Morales, Roger Sanchez and many other artists appeared across the final celebration.

For many clubbers, the end of Space felt like the end of an era.

But the building was not disappearing.

Something new was being planned.

A completely new beginning

The company behind Ushuaïa took control of the venue for its transformation.

The club's keys were handed over on 1 January 2017.

The rebuilding process began immediately.

Workers operated around the clock to complete the transformation in time for the summer season.

On Sunday 28 May 2017, Hï Ibiza opened its doors for the first time.

Seven months had separated the handover from the opening.

That was an extraordinary turnaround for such a large redevelopment.

From Space to Hï

The transformation went far beyond changing the name.

What had been Space's Discoteca became The Theatre.

The former Terrace became the Club Room.

The outside Sunset Terrace became the Magic Garden.

Other areas were also redesigned, while new production technology was installed throughout the venue.

The intention was clear.

Hï was supposed to feel new.

Not a museum version of Space.

Not a continuation of the old club under another sign.

A new generation of Ibiza nightlife.

The Theatre

The Theatre became Hï's principal large room.

Its design was inspired by the shape of a classical amphitheatre, with the dancefloor surrounded by raised areas.

The production could be changed depending on the residency.

Different nights could feature different stage configurations and visual setups.

That idea became central to the club's identity.

The room itself could change according to the artist and the party.

The Club Room

Next door was the Club Room.

This occupied the former Space Terrace but was given a completely different layout.

The DJ booth was positioned close to the dancefloor, creating a more compact environment than The Theatre.

The early design was deliberately intended to put greater emphasis on the relationship between the DJ and audience.

This gave Hï an important contrast.

One room could concentrate on spectacle.

The other could feel more intimate.

The Wild Corner

Another feature that became closely associated with Hï was its unusual third dancefloor.

The venue's Wild Corner initially developed from its unconventional toilet area and eventually became a programmed space in its own right.

It was one of the strangest and most playful elements of the new club.

Instead of having two large rooms and nothing else, Hï encouraged clubbers to explore.

You could move between very different environments within the same night.

The Magic Garden

Outside, the former open-air area was transformed into the Magic Garden.

The space was designed as a place to step away from the main dancefloors, surrounded by greenery and outdoor areas.

This created another important contrast.

Hï could be technologically advanced inside while retaining outdoor spaces influenced by Ibiza's landscape.

The first night

Hï's opening party took place on 28 May 2017.

The lineup immediately established the club's intentions.

Black Coffee.

Apollonia.

Luciano.

Nic Fanciulli.

Joris Voorn.

Andrea Oliva.

Davide Squillace.

Kölsch.

Matthias Tanzmann.

Djebali.

Bedouin.

And other established electronic artists were booked for the opening.

This was a significant choice.

The new club was being introduced through respected electronic music names rather than relying on a single mainstream sound.

Black Coffee

One of the most important decisions was making Black Coffee one of Hï's first residents.

He was announced before the club opened and took over Saturdays.

At that point, his international profile was already rising rapidly, but the decision still represented something different for Ibiza.

His music brought African musical influences and a soulful, percussive house sound into one of the island's newest major venues.

The relationship began in 2017 and has continued ever since.

Why Black Coffee mattered

Black Coffee gave Hï an identity beyond technology.

The venue could have focused entirely on production and superstar bookings.

Instead, one of its most important early residencies was built around a distinct musical culture.

His Saturday nights became associated with Afro House and related forms of house music while maintaining an international guest programme.

By 2026, Black Coffee is celebrating his eighth Hï season.

Martin Garrix

Martin Garrix was another key resident in the inaugural season.

His Mondays brought a very different musical and visual direction.

The production concept for his nights was designed specifically around The Theatre and its technological possibilities.

This was the beginning of an approach that would become central to Hï.

Each major residency could have its own visual world.

Eric Prydz

Eric Prydz also became part of the first season.

His shows were built around large-scale electronic production and sophisticated visual effects.

His 2017 appearances demonstrated how the different rooms could create different experiences within the same venue.

The contrast between the rooms was already becoming one of Hï's strengths.

Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren brought another audience into the new venue.

His 2017 residency consisted of 13 performances and placed trance firmly within Hï's debut programme.

The variety of those first-year residents was revealing.

House.

Techno.

Progressive sounds.

Trance.

Large-scale electronic music.

Hï was positioning itself as a platform rather than a single-genre club.

Glitterbox

Glitterbox also became one of the venue's important early partnerships.

The party brought disco, funk, soulful house and performance into the new Hï environment.

It provided another contrast to the more techno-oriented and big-room programming elsewhere in the club.

By the end of the 2017 season, Hï had already established a varied weekly calendar.

The idea of a different club every night

This became one of Hï's defining concepts.

Instead of designing one static environment and leaving it untouched, the venue could change its production according to the residency.

A Monday could look completely different from a Saturday.

The stage could change.

Lighting could change.

Visual content could change.

The musical direction could change.

The room itself became a flexible platform.

A club designed for production

This was perhaps Hï's biggest difference from many traditional Ibiza venues.

The club was designed from the beginning around advanced production.

The lighting was integrated into the architecture.

Screens could become part of the room.

The stage could be rebuilt.

And different configurations could be used on different nights.

The venue was effectively designed as a technological stage.

The room became part of the artist's identity

This meant that a residency could feel different depending on who was performing.

The artist was not simply booked into a room.

The room could be adapted around the artist.

That approach has remained central to Hï's philosophy.

A new generation of superclub

Hï arrived at a moment when Ibiza nightlife was already changing.

Ushuaïa had demonstrated the power of large outdoor production.

The island's major clubs were increasingly competing through internationally recognised artists and elaborate events.

Hï brought that philosophy indoors.

It created a superclub that was designed around constantly changing production.

But it kept an underground room

The Club Room helped prevent the venue from becoming entirely about spectacle.

Its smaller shape and closer DJ position created a different type of experience.

This was particularly important for artists whose music depended more on groove, progression and interaction with the dancefloor.

The two-room contrast

During early Black Coffee nights, the Club Room could host deeper and more hypnotic music while The Theatre presented the main residency.

The contrast between the rooms became one of the venue's most recognizable characteristics.

The same night could therefore offer two very different clubbing experiences.

2018: The second chapter

The second season was important because Hï was no longer simply the new club.

It had to prove that it could build long-term residencies.

In 2018, the venue welcomed Afterlife, Cream Ibiza and CamelPhat alongside returning residents including Black Coffee, Armin van Buuren, Eric Prydz and Glitterbox.

The mix connected established Ibiza brands with newer electronic music movements.

Afterlife arrives

Tale Of Us brought Afterlife to Hï in 2018.

The party was strongly associated with melodic and atmospheric techno and a highly visual presentation.

Afterlife's arrival helped demonstrate that Hï could accommodate darker, more immersive electronic music alongside its larger headline shows.

Cream returns to the island

Cream Ibiza also became part of the 2018 programme.

This created an interesting link with Ibiza history.

Cream had been one of the major forces in the island's trance and electronic music story during the 1990s.

Its arrival at Hï connected one generation of Ibiza club culture with the new venue.

2019: A new heavyweight

Another important change arrived in 2019.

David Guetta's F*** ME I'M FAMOUS! moved to Hï for Fridays.

The venue had now attracted one of the most internationally recognised DJ brands in electronic music.

The shift demonstrated the breadth of Hï's programming.

The same building could accommodate underground-oriented electronic music, disco and house, trance, melodic techno and global superstar events.

BODYWORKS

2019 also brought BODYWORKS.

The concept united CamelPhat, Solardo and FISHER.

It was another example of Hï's ability to create a residency around several artists rather than one traditional host.

The format reflected the way Ibiza's younger house and tech-house scene was developing.

2019 closing week

By the end of the 2019 season, Hï was hosting four major closing events over consecutive nights.

Afterlife.

F*** ME I'M FAMOUS!

Black Coffee.

Glitterbox.

The sequence demonstrated the venue's musical range.

The new club had established itself.

Then everything stopped

The following season brought an event that changed the entire global club industry.

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a normal Ibiza season in 2020.

The 2021 season was also heavily disrupted.

Hï's return to a full-scale club environment therefore became part of the wider reopening of Ibiza nightlife.

The return

In 2022, Hï returned to regular clubbing.

The reopening took place on 30 April with the Better Together event, celebrating the reopening of both Hï and its sister venue Ushuaïa.

The venue had also used the shutdown period for further improvements.

The main stage was rebuilt and a large new mural by Felipe Pantone was added at the entrance.

Hï was returning with a refreshed identity.

2022 and Black Coffee

Black Coffee returned to Saturdays.

The Club Room was hosted by Damian Lazarus.

Other additions included FISHER, Paco Osuna and The Martinez Brothers, while the programme expanded into Latin and reggaeton alongside electronic music.

The post-pandemic Hï was broader than the club that opened in 2017.

The rise of Paco Osuna

Paco Osuna became an increasingly important figure in Hï's Club Room.

His NOW HERE concept built a strong identity around techno and house music, with an emphasis on the dancefloor rather than only headline spectacle.

By 2026, NOW HERE remains a major Tuesday residency.

The Theatre and Club Room relationship

Hï's two main rooms became increasingly complementary.

The Theatre could accommodate large visual productions.

The Club Room could provide a more intimate environment.

This meant that a single visit could involve several different musical experiences.

That became one of the venue's strongest characteristics.

The art connection

Hï also expanded beyond music.

The club developed an art programme and introduced major contemporary installations alongside its nightlife programming.

Art became another part of the experience.

This reflected the broader ambitions of the team behind the venue.

Hï wanted to be more than a place where DJs played records.

Music, art and technology

That combination became increasingly central to Hï's identity.

Music.

Lighting.

Architecture.

Digital art.

Installations.

And interactive elements.

The club could therefore feel different from a conventional nightclub even before the DJ started playing.

The pandemic changed the industry

The 2022 reopening also exposed how resilient the Ibiza club industry had to become.

After seasons of disruption, clubs were returning to an audience that had been unable to experience normal nightlife for a prolonged period.

Hï's return therefore represented part of a wider revival of the island's club scene.

The 2023 HOLO moment

Hï's technological ambitions became particularly visible in 2023 when Eric Prydz brought his HOLO show to Ibiza.

The production was a natural fit for the venue's philosophy.

An artist known for spectacular visual production.

A room designed to accommodate changing technology.

And an audience expecting a major visual as well as musical experience.

A club built to keep evolving

That may be one of the most interesting things about Hï.

It was designed from the beginning to change.

The Theatre can be reconfigured.

The visual production can change.

Different artists bring different musical identities.

New concepts can be introduced.

The club is therefore not tied to one fixed experience.

The 2020s

The 2020s have also seen Hï become increasingly associated with a broad international sound.

Black Coffee represents Afro House and African-rooted electronic music.

Paco Osuna represents Spanish techno and house.

Other residencies have brought melodic techno, tech house, disco, Latin sounds and mainstream electronic music into the building.

The programming is deliberately broad.

A global dancefloor

Hï's modern identity is built around a genuinely international audience and a programme designed to connect different musical cultures.

That is particularly visible in the artists appearing there.

The venue is no longer defined by one national or European clubbing tradition.

2026

The 2026 season demonstrates how established Hï has become.

The September programme includes Black Coffee, Skepta's Más Tiempo, Paco Osuna, East End Dubs, MEDUZA, James Hype, HUGEL, CAMELPHAT, Miss Monique and other artists across The Theatre, Club Room and wider venue.

It is a very different programme from the opening summer of 2017.

But the basic philosophy remains.

Different rooms.

Different sounds.

Different productions.

One venue.

Black Coffee's eighth season

The longevity of Black Coffee's relationship with Hï is particularly significant.

The club opened in 2017.

He was there from the first season.

And in 2026 he is returning for his eighth season.

That makes his residency one of the strongest links between the original Hï concept and the current club.

From newcomer to established venue

In 2017, Hï had to prove itself.

Seven months earlier, the site had been Space.

Many people were wondering what would come next.

By 2026, Hï is no longer "the new club."

It has its own history.

Its own residents.

Its own iconic rooms.

And its own generation of regulars.

The club's international reputation

Hï has also developed a strong reputation in major international club polls.

It reached the top of DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs poll in 2022 and retained that position in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

In 2026, the same poll placed [UNVRS] at number one, while Hï remained among the leading clubs in the ranking.

These are reader-voted industry rankings rather than objective measures, but they document the venue's high profile within contemporary global club culture.

The meaning of Hï

Hï represents a different chapter of Ibiza clubbing.

Space was associated with long sessions, terrace culture and a particular era of DJ-led nightlife.

Hï was designed for a different moment.

It was built around technology.

Flexible production.

Multi-room experiences.

Major residencies.

And a closer connection between clubbing, art and visual entertainment.

The club after Space

That is why calling Hï simply "the replacement for Space" misses the story.

Physically, it occupies the same site.

Historically, there is an obvious connection.

But musically and architecturally, it was deliberately designed as something different.

The team did not simply reopen Space.

They rebuilt the venue around a new philosophy.

The importance of the site

At the same time, the location gives Hï a fascinating place in Ibiza history.

The same site has witnessed several generations of the island's club culture.

Space became legendary there.

Then the property was transformed.

Now Hï continues the story.

The club has changed.

The importance of Playa d'en Bossa has continued.

And the nightlife around it has evolved.

From terrace culture to The Theatre

The transformation is symbolic.

Space's famous Terrace represented one of the great traditions of Ibiza clubbing.

Hï's Theatre represents another.

The two belong to different generations.

Both reflect the period in which they developed.

The new Ibiza

Hï belongs firmly to the new Ibiza.

It is an Ibiza where clubs are increasingly connected to hotels, restaurants, art, technology and international entertainment brands.

It is an Ibiza where a DJ residency can function like a global event brand.

And it is an Ibiza where the visual experience is almost as carefully designed as the music.

Yet the dancefloor remains

For all the technology, one principle has remained.

People still come to dance.

The Club Room is designed around close DJ-to-crowd interaction.

Black Coffee's Saturday residency remains centred on house music.

Paco Osuna's NOW HERE focuses on the dancefloor.

The technology is part of the experience, but it cannot replace the people in the room.

What Hï changed

Hï did not reinvent Ibiza in the same way that Space or Amnesia did in earlier generations.

Its influence is more closely connected with the evolution of the modern superclub.

It demonstrated how a venue could combine:

Advanced production.

Multiple distinct rooms.

Artist-specific visual identities.

International residencies.

Electronic music from several traditions.

Art and technology.

And luxury hospitality.

That combination has become increasingly common in modern global clubbing.

The legacy is still being written

Unlike many of the venues we have explored in this series, Hï's story is still unfolding.

The club only opened in 2017.

Its earliest residents are still part of Ibiza's musical history.

Black Coffee is still returning.

New artists continue to arrive.

New production concepts continue to appear.

And the building continues to evolve.

From Space to Hï

The transformation from Space to Hï is one of the clearest examples of how quickly Ibiza can reinvent itself.

One of the island's most famous clubs closed.

The building was stripped back and redesigned.

A new name appeared.

A new generation of DJs arrived.

And within a few seasons, Hï had established its own identity.

The club of the future

That was the idea from the beginning.

Hï was designed to show what a technologically advanced Ibiza club could look like.

Its rooms were flexible.

Its production could change.

Its residencies could create different worlds.

And the club could bring together music, art and technology.

Almost a decade later

Nearly ten seasons after opening, the concept has proved durable.

The club remains active in 2026.

Its programme spans house, techno, Afro House, Latin house, progressive sounds, minimal and other electronic styles.

Its main dancefloor experiences give clubbers different ways to experience the same venue.

A new chapter in Ibiza history

Hï Ibiza may never be Space.

That is not really the point.

Space belongs to an earlier generation.

Hï belongs to the generation that followed.

One was built around extended sessions and a legendary terrace.

The other was built around programmable spaces, advanced production and an international roster of modern electronic artists.

Both are part of the same extraordinary Ibiza story.

The site where Ibiza keeps reinventing itself

Perhaps that is the most interesting thing of all.

A piece of Playa d'en Bossa can hold several generations of clubbing history.

Space created one chapter.

Hï created another.

And Hï continues to change.

From its opening night in May 2017 to Black Coffee's eighth season in 2026, the venue has developed from a controversial new arrival into an established part of the island's modern nightlife landscape.

The name changed.

The rooms changed.

The technology changed.

The DJs changed.

But the reason people keep coming back is still remarkably simple.

The dancefloor.