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OAK bar by dePaor Architects
Irish studio dePaor Architects have inserted this oak grid-shell structure into the café area of Dublin Airport's Terminal 2, which opened late last year.
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The undulating structure sits in the centre of the OAK bar and provides a canopy over the space.
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It's made from strips of veneered plywood that slot into one another.
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Perforated wooden vaults frame the entrance into the café-bar.
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Photographs are by Alice Clancy.
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Here's a tiny bit of text from the architects:
Dublin Airport Landside bar.OAK
The landside bar and cafe in the new terminal at Dublin airport is a n 84mm oak veneered plywood deformed grid shell as a baldacchino over bar and server.
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It stands on three stainless steel shoes on the limestone terrace and suspend a murano glass at the limestone stone bar.
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The snug is excavated as a series of parallel vaults with service strips between.
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These oak veneered vaults are slot perforated to achieve a smoke reservoir.
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