The Audre Bar
(Named after Audre Lorde – writer, thinker, and traveller of thought who spoke of difference as strength and ritual as resistance)
It stretches like a train carriage—steady, rooted, in motion. The vertical rods rise like rhythm and rail, holding stories that crossed borders in steam and silence. Here, tea is more than a drink—it’s a journey remembered in warmth.
Function: A dark wood tea bar on the third floor, shaped like a train wagon in structure and spirit. Vertical rods rise from the countertop to a ceiling frame that mirrors its form, evoking the motion and rhythm of historical train interiors. At the front, twin bands of carved wood frame a line of terracotta tiles—a quiet reference to the warmth of shared tradition. The bar offers a space to pause andreflect, a subtle continuation of the Claudia Collection’s narrative of migration and cultural layering—where the journey is honoured not through spectacle, but through stillness and care.
