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 constituted of a single tree.
Positioned in east London’s De Beauvoir neighbourhood, Goodbye Horses is an area wine and listening bar that was designed by Leopold Banchini Architects to reference traditional English pubs.
“The purpose was to create a up to date area deeply rooted within the long-lasting custom of English pubs,” studio founder Leopold Banchini advised Dezeen.
“As in most pubs, the area 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 workers and clients 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 had been painted with limewash and roughcast render, whereas the ceiling was coated 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 environment of the area,” he continued. “Over time and thru their utilization, these supplies will solely change into extra energetic.”
The bottom-floor area encompasses a ten-metre-long bar that has an unusually low design and which, along with the encircling furnishings, was constructed from the trunk of only one oak tree.
“So as to construct the lengthy desk out of a single plank, we had been on the lookout for a tree with a circumference of about 120 centimetres,” Banchini defined.
“As soon as we discovered it, the trunk was enormous sufficient to supply all the weather of the pub – the bar, chairs, lights, handrails and altering desk,” he added. “The oak tree had been minimize 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 information.
Goodbye Horses’ ground was constituted of crushed 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 had been historically utilized in rural pubs and we preferred the thought to revive this superb materials,” Banchini stated.
“Clay flooring aren’t solely stunning and ecological, in addition they have engaging acoustical properties,” he added. “Being a listening bar, all of the supplies – clay, cork, wooden and textured lime plaster – had been chosen to create good acoustical situations.”
Within the backyard and the components of the ground with the heaviest visitors, the studio added reclaimed Yorkstone slabs. The inside additionally options hessian curtains, which encompass the area and had been handpainted by artist Lucy Stein.
“Impressed by British folklore and mythology, the pure stain on the material filters the lithe coming into the pub as stained glass home windows up to now,” the studio stated.
Different latest listening bar designs featured on Dezeen embrace House Speak in London and a Sydney bar designed to really feel like being “inside an enormous speaker”.
Challenge credit:
Structure: Leopold Banchini Architects
Carpentry: DiSe
