Swiss studio Leopold Banchini Architects used pure supplies when creating the inside of the Goodbye Horses bar, with the bar, chairs, lights, handrails and altering desk all comprised of a single tree.
Positioned in east London’s De Beauvoir neighbourhood, Goodbye Horses is a neighborhood wine and listening bar that was designed by Leopold Banchini Architects to reference traditional English pubs.
“The goal was to create a up to date house deeply rooted within the long-lasting custom of English pubs,” studio founder Leopold Banchini advised Dezeen.
“As in most pubs, the house revolves round a central wood bar,” Banchini continued. “On this case, the lengthy wood construction is a bar, a cooking counter and a desk; thus, the relation between employees and prospects is much less constrained.”
This nod to custom may also be seen within the different supplies chosen by Leopold Banchini Architects for the 95-square-metre bar, which additionally has a basement of the identical dimension.
Its partitions have been painted with limewash and roughcast render, whereas the ceiling was lined by a hand-textured lime plaster.
“The pub is principally constructed with pure supplies referring to the historical past of British pubs,” Banchini stated. “The wood parts are constructed utilizing strong English oak.”
“The pure textures, imperfections and oxidations create the ambiance of the house,” he continued. “Over time and thru their utilization, these supplies will solely change into extra vigorous.”
The bottom-floor house incorporates a ten-metre-long bar that has an unusually low design and which, along with the encompassing furnishings, was constructed from the trunk of only one oak tree.
“As a way to construct the lengthy desk out of a single plank, we have been in search of a tree with a circumference of about 120 centimetres,” Banchini defined.
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“As soon as we discovered it, the trunk was giant sufficient to provide all the weather of the pub – the bar, chairs, lights, handrails and altering desk,” he added. “The oak tree had been lower half a century in the past in Croatia and was remodeled by Italian carpenters.”
The listening bar additionally has custom-made cabinets that maintain vinyl data.
Goodbye Horses’ ground was comprised of overwhelmed earth – a mixture of soil, straw and clay with a pure linseed oil coating. The fabric was chosen for each its sustainable and its acoustical properties.
“Crushed earth flooring have been historically utilized in rural pubs and we appreciated the concept to revive this wonderful materials,” Banchini stated.
“Clay flooring usually are not solely stunning and ecological, in addition they have attention-grabbing acoustical properties,” he added. “Being a listening bar, all of the supplies – clay, cork, wooden and textured lime plaster – have been chosen to create good acoustical situations.”
Within the backyard and the elements of the ground with the heaviest visitors, the studio added reclaimed Yorkstone slabs. The inside additionally options hessian curtains, which encompass the house and have been handpainted by artist Lucy Stein.
“Impressed by British folklore and mythology, the pure stain on the material filters the sunshine getting into the pub as stained glass home windows up to now,” the studio stated.
Different latest listening bar designs featured on Dezeen embody House Discuss in London and a Sydney bar designed to really feel like being “inside a large speaker”.
The images is by Rory Gardiner.
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Structure: Leopold Banchini ArchitectsCarpentry: DiSe
