Cake Structure has renovated A Bar with Shapes for a Title, an east London cocktail bar that includes “utilitarian” interiors.
A Bar with Shapes for a Title owes its title to the yellow triangle, purple sq. and blue circle which are emblazoned on its facade in a nod to the first colors and understated geometry generally related to the Bauhaus.
When creating the bar’s minimalist interiors, Kennington-based Cake Structure took cues from the influential German artwork and design college that was established in 1919 and advocated for an emphasis on performance, amongst different comparable rules.
Positioned at 232 Kingsland Street in Hoxton, the cocktail bar was renovated by the studio to function a multipurpose venue.
Cake Structure doubled the bar’s capability by including a basement, which acts as a “kitchen-bar” room, and refurbished the bottom ground’s present seating space in addition to a classroom-style house that gives a location for rotating occasions or workshops.
“These areas have particular purposeful necessities and we chosen colors and supplies to swimsuit,” studio director Hugh Scott Moncrieff informed Dezeen.
Upon getting into the bar, guests are greeted by the primary seating space or “showroom”, which was designed to be heat and welcoming.
Tall tubular chairs completed with impartial rattan have been positioned round chunky geometric tables made out of birch ply stained to a wealthy, reddish-brown hue.
The staff additionally used the identical timber to create the house’s curving bar, which is illuminated by a squat, cordless desk lamp by lighting model Flos.
Reverse the bar, a glowing rectilinear gentle set up by photographer Steve Braiden was fitted to the wall beneath bench-style seating harking back to early Bauhaus furnishings designs.
“We appeared specifically at tasks by the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius,” mirrored Scott Moncrieff.
“Gropius is a grasp of this elegant zoning by the applying of color and type,” he added.
Downstairs, the low-lit basement was created to accommodate further seating in addition to “all the loopy equipment they use to arrange the drinks,” the designer stated.
The basement is characterised by a bespoke central desk by Cake Structure and furnishings designer Eddie Olin.
Consisting of a metal body that “floats” over a central leg, the desk was topped with a glass floor and its base was clad in phenolic-coated plywood to match the ground and partitions.
“This new basement is predominantly a manufacturing house – so the palette displays this with hardwearing, utilitarian and industrial supplies,” stated Scott Moncrieff.
A thick, felt curtain in ultramarine provides a pop of color to the in any other case pared-back house.
With its pale blue partitions and Valchromat-topped, steel-framed tables, the ground-floor “classroom” pays homage to the Bauhaus as an academic establishment.
Brighter blue vinyl covers the flooring whereas a sculptural lamp that includes purple, yellow and blue circles echoes the bar’s brand.
A tall blackboard and overhead strip lighting add to the classroom really feel of the house, which is used for varied group occasions.
“The Bauhaus phrase ‘celebration, work, play’ was pertinent to some early concepts and this carried by all our design discussions,” famous Scott Moncrieff.
“The house permits these three issues. Individually as particular person capabilities and concurrently as a illustration of the general ambiance of a bar!”
Cake Structure beforehand labored with inside designer Max Radford to create a curtain-wrapped speakeasy in London’s Soho. The studio additionally designed a workspace for London company Ask Us For Concepts in the identical a part of the town.
The images is by Felix Speller.
