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Bone's sparse coffee shop is inspired by equine architecture
Interior architecture specialists Bone have reinterpreted the countryside architecture created for horses to create a coffee shop that is sparse, utilitarian and natural.
Located in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, Hoof is run by three friends who share interests in show-jumping and speciality coffee.
In developing a concept that would honour those interests, Bone went about reimagining the function and design of a horse stall.
The minimalist design and proportions of a stall, which serve to provide the horse with no more or less than is required, have been drawn through into the space.
Clay walls are left plain, lime-finished banquettes run along the base of the walls to provide seating and stainless steel bars and sinks emulate water troughs.
In a nod to the process and ritual of tending to horses, the coffee-making process is deconstructed, with each stainless steel element serving one aspect of it.
Natalie Mahakian, co-founder of Bone, explained: "Hoof embodies a brutalist reinterpretation of countryside equine architecture where the physical discrepancies between noble, interior, and exterior materials, as well as utilitarian and natural finishes, play an integral role in defining a sensorial architecture."
![The architects explored the function and design of a horse stall / Oculis Project The architects explored the function and design of a horse stall / Oculis Project](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH344416_673502_461316.jpg)
![Clay walls are left plain, recalling the utilitarian nature of a horse stall / Oculis Project Clay walls are left plain, recalling the utilitarian nature of a horse stall / Oculis Project](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH344416_982967_829522.jpg)
![Lime-finished banquettes run along the base of the walls to provide seating / Oculis Project Lime-finished banquettes run along the base of the walls to provide seating / Oculis Project](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH344416_682384_598242.jpg)
![Stainless steel bars and sinks emulate water troughs / Oculis Project Stainless steel bars and sinks emulate water troughs / Oculis Project](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH344416_386707_858386.jpg)
![The coffee-making process is deconstructed, with each stainless steel element serving one aspect of it / Oculis Project The coffee-making process is deconstructed, with each stainless steel element serving one aspect of it / Oculis Project](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH344416_509073_204270.jpg)
![This deconstruction is a nod to the process and ritual of tending to horses / Oculis Project This deconstruction is a nod to the process and ritual of tending to horses / Oculis Project](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH344416_462481_424177.jpg)
![The design served to provide no more or less than is required / Oculis Project The design served to provide no more or less than is required / Oculis Project](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH344416_215208_702979.jpg)
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