位于阿莱茵（Al Ain）的Al Tiwayyah街区的La Petite咖啡馆，多年来一直在当地人中颇受欢迎。但是随着时间的流逝，人们对咖啡馆的外观越来越感到乏味，希望店主可以改造咖啡馆的视觉形象和菜单。因此，设计工作室Bone接手了需要被彻底改造的咖啡馆，现在灰粉色服务台成为这家咖啡馆的主角。
La Petite is situated in Al Ain’s Al Tiwayyah neighbourhood and has been a popular food and drink spot amongst locals for several years.Over time it had grown tired in appearance, encouraging its owners to tweak its visual identity and menu. Design studio Bone was brought on board to completely overhaul the cafe’s interiors.A chunky pink-plaster counter dominates the otherwise sparse interior of this cafe in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, which has been revamped by design studio Bone.
服务台占据了咖啡馆85平方米的空间，它全身被灰粉色石膏覆盖并且由两个不同高低的区块组成，其中较高的一个用于遮蔽服务台后的公用设施，较低的一个用于员工准备订单。订单区正前方摆有一排土黄色的圆凳，用于顾客品尝饮品。旁边较高的服务台正前方则做成了一条长椅，上面摆有一排土黄色的坐垫。该工作室说：“我们想设计一个可以用来工作、服务、展示的整体空间，来突出空间的纵向性质，重新定义传统的咖啡店。”它继续说：“我们想制造同时为咖啡师和顾客提供服务的沉浸式空间，避免受到店外噪音的干扰。“ “我们想要让吧台前的顾客与在吧台后的咖啡师两者之间能够通畅交流。”
The 85-square-metre space is now anchored by a huge service counter that’s covered in dusty-pink plaster. It comprises two different-sized blocks – the taller one conceals back-of-house utilities, while the lower one is where staff prepare orders. Directly in front is a row of earth-tone seating poufs, allowing the lower block to serve as a spot for customers to enjoy their drinks. A cushioned bench seat has also been integrated into the taller block.“We wanted to highlight the longitudinal nature of the space by designing a monolithic volume that functions as a working, serving, display- redefining the conventional coffee bar,” the studio told Dezeen. “In order to avoid the volume feeling invasive, the idea was to create a sunken block that serves both the barista and the customer,” it continued.”The goal was to achieve a fluid interaction between the customer seated in front of the bar and the barista at work behind the bar – where both eye levels meet.”
服务台旁边靠墙放置白色长条沙发，设有多个座位。这种设计是从阿拉伯语“ majlis”一词中获得灵感的，意思是用招待客人的私人休息室或接待室，人们通常坐在房间四周地板的垫子上谈话。用来装饰空间的是设计工作室Frama的块状钢制边桌和黑色框架椅子，以及少数装有野花的花瓶。
More seating is available on the opposite side of the cafe, where a white communal sofa runs the length of an entire wall.This takes cues from the Arabic term majlis – a private lounge or reception room where guests are entertained, typically sitting on floor cushions that are placed around the periphery of the room.Blocky steel side tables and black-frame chairs from multidisciplinary design studio Frama have also been used to decorate the space, as well as a handful of vases filled with wildflowers.
3.2米高的可折叠玻璃面板取代了咖啡馆前面的玻璃门，将一个铺有碎石的户外露台空间彻底开放，露台上配有折叠式休闲木椅和懒人沙发，可供顾客任意选择。
The glass doors that previously fronted the cafe have been replaced by 3.2 metre-high glazed panels. These can be concertinaed to open up the space to a gravelled outdoor terrace that’s dressed with casual fold-out timber chairs.Customers can alternatively perch on the high-back cushions that have been placed on the cafe’s steps.
项目信息——
设计：Bone
承包商： Fusion
定制矿物石膏饰面： Optimum Gulf
室内建筑照明： PSLab
外部照明： Flos
台灯：In Common With
门系统：Oryx
家具： Gervasoni，Frama，Skargaarden，Earthraft
摄影：Oculis
Project credits——
Design: Bone
Contractor: Fusion
Custom mineral plaster finishes: Optimum Gulf
Interior architectural lighting: PSLab
Exterior lighting: Flos
Table lamps: In Common With
Door system: Oryx
Furniture: Gervasoni, Frama, Skargaarden, Ethnicraft
Photography：Oculis
