LA ZOOLOGIE HOTEL

STRATES • BAR
SOLID OAK
COSMIC BLACK GRANITE
L 520 X W 290 X H 115 CM

CARRIED OUT IN ASSOCIATION WITH IBRIDE FOR
HÉLÈNE & FRANÇOIS TOUBERT (F) 2020

The former Institute of Zoology at the Université de Bordeaux was converted into a hotel in 2020.
Strates is the counter which has come to occupy the wing dedicated to geology in days gone by.

Designed as the room’s prominent centrepiece, we wanted to evoke a rocky outcrop or tablet of slate. It’s composed of dozens of pieces of solid oak, cut using CNC and then assembled and layered to produce this minerally inspired surface.

The choice of Cosmic Black granite for the counter was made for its textured surface, revealing the various elements turned to stone over the course of the last 300 million years.

 

photography by P-E Saillard

superposition de pièces de chêne teinté

photographie PE Saillard
photography by P-E Saillard

Work surface in Cosmic Black granite

 

photography by P-E Saillard

Un soin particulier a été porté aux chants du meuble, avec un jeu de chanfreins verticaux et horizontaux.

photographie PE Saillard

Particular attention has been paid to the piece’s edges, playing with horizontal and vertical bevels.

MERCI à Hélène & Francois Touber, à ibride, Gaëtan Nozet, Jean-Mathieu & Yann, David Boucon & Julien.
Merci à Hélène & Francois Touber, à ibride, Gaëtan Nozet, Jean-Mathieu & Yann, David Boucon & Julien.