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the World Of Hospitality
Capriole Cafe
Capriole Café Bureau Fraai
Amsterdam based architecture studio Bureau Fraai has
converted a former paint factory in The Hague into a
coffee bar, restaurant and business centre with a fully
steel bar element as an interconnecting eye-catcher.
The restaurant and coffee experience named Capriole
Café is one of the first hospitality concepts in the
upcoming industrial neighbourhood the “Binckhorst”
in The Hague, which will be developed into a
residential and business area the coming decade.
The existing small windows of the building were
replaced by 5 meter high steel window frames with
doors opening up the interior towards the terrace and
marina in front of the café.
The main goal of the design of the café was to create
a total experience of every aspect of the making
and consumption of “coffee”. While the ground
floor functions as a coffee roastery, coffee bar and
restaurant, the first level contains a barista training
centre, a showroom, an office and a meeting room for
Capriole Coffee Service.
By introducing a central void with a 4,5 metre high
black steel bar element, these two levels were visually
connected with the meeting room as “lantern”
overseeing the restaurant.
The prefabricated interconnecting bar element is
completely composed of heavy structural steel beams
and frames the roastery downstairs and the barista
training centre upstairs. Also the entrance volume
containing the Capriole logo, the toilets, and wardrobe
is completely composed of steel.
In contrast with the black-and-white interior, the
designers introduced oak and brass in their designs for
all the tables and the cabinets.
Also the hanging lamps in the void and the pedestals
presenting the companies future high-end coffee
machines were custom-designed by Bureau Fraai.
Product Description. Mindow > The slim aluminum
window frames create a sophisticated and at the same
time industrial look which matches the characteristics
of this former paint factory.