Chinese interiors studio RooMoo has used nearly 6,000 pieces of oak from discarded distillery barrels to adorn this whiskey bar in Shanghai.
Laizhou Bar is located in the city's buzzy Xuhui District and is an offshoot of Laizhou Distillery, a Chinese whiskey producer based out of Sichuan province.
Wood offcuts from Laizhou Distillery's whiskey barrels feature across the bar's facade
The distillery prides itself on reducing its environmental impact by using low-temperature saccharification machinery and collecting wastewater so it can be converted into biogas energy.
So Shanghai-based studio RooMoo placed a similar emphasis on sustainability when designing the bar, where almost 6,000 pieces of wood from the distillery's discarded oak barrels were reused as decoration. The offcuts were then used to construct a ringed structure on the bar's ceiling
"The bar imports the materials used in the distillery's production process, creating a symbiosis between the two spaces," said the studio.
"Each dismantled barrel piece was different in terms of width, length and grain, so we classified them and applied them to different positions."
RooMoo assessed and classified all of the offcuts before use
Barrel pieces are first seen on the bar's facade, where they have been placed horizontally to create a lattice-like effect.
The facade is otherwise only punctuated by a wide-set door and an expansive window, where barrels printed with the distillery's logo are displayed.
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