Monolithic plaster counter centres La Petite cafe in Abu Dhabi
A chunky pink-plaster counter dominates the in any other case sparse inside of this cafe in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, which has been revamped by design studio Bone.
La Petite is located in Al Ain’s Al Tiwayyah neighbourhood and has been a preferred food and drinks spot amongst locals for a number of years.
Over time it had grown drained in look, encouraging its homeowners to tweak its visible identification and menu. Design studio Bone was introduced on board to utterly overhaul the cafe’s interiors.
The 85-square-metre area is now anchored by an enormous service counter that is lined in dusty-pink plaster. It contains two different-sized blocks – the taller one conceals back-of-house utilities, whereas the decrease one is the place employees put together orders.
Immediately in entrance is a row of earth-tone seating poufs, permitting the decrease block to function a spot for purchasers to get pleasure from their drinks. A cushioned bench seat has additionally been built-in into the taller block.
“We needed to focus on the longitudinal nature of the area by designing a monolithic quantity that features as a working, serving, show, desk, and seating floor – redefining the standard espresso bar,” the studio informed Dezeen.
“To be able to keep away from the amount feeling invasive, the thought was to create a sunken block that serves each the barista and the shopper,” it continued.
“The objective was to realize a fluid interplay between the shopper seated in entrance of the bar and the barista at work behind the bar – the place each eye ranges meet.”
Extra seating is on the market on the other facet of the cafe, the place a white communal couch runs the size of a complete wall.
This takes cues from the Arabic time period majlis – a non-public lounge or reception room the place visitors are entertained, usually sitting on flooring cushions which are positioned across the periphery of the room.
Blocky metal facet tables and black-frame chairs from multidisciplinary design studio Frama have additionally been used to brighten the area, in addition to a handful of vases stuffed with wildflowers.
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Surfaces all through have been washed with sandy-beige plaster, the color supposed as a refined nod to Al Ain’s desert panorama.
The glass doorways that beforehand fronted the cafe have been changed by three.2 metre-high glazed panels. These will be concertinaed to open up the area to a gravelled outside terrace that is dressed with informal fold-out timber chairs.
Clients can alternatively perch on the high-back cushions which were positioned on the cafe’s steps.
La Petite is the most recent cafe to be accomplished by Bone, which lately developed the interiors of the Hoof eatery in Ras Al Khaimah.
Designed to resemble horse stalls, the area boasts tough plaster partitions and big, trough-like metallic sinks.
Images is by Oculis Venture.
Venture credit:
Design: Bone
Contractor: Fusion
Customized mineral plaster finishes: Optimum Gulf
Inside architectural lighting: PSLab
Exterior lighting: Flos
Desk lamps: In Widespread With
Door system: Oryx
Furnishings: Gervasoni, Frama, Skargaarden, Ethnicraft
