«Bulka» restaurant on Tretyakovskaya
Moscow, Bolshoy Tolmachevsky Lane, 4s1
Realized in: 2021
Square: 118 m²
Seating: 52
The Bulka restaurant is located in the center of the city and welcomes guests who value quality cuisine and cozy atmosphere. The design of the interior continues the tradition of the unique style inherent in the entire Bulka chain. We preserved and restored the marble floors and parquet, an open-to-below chandelier, a stained-glass window, and a staircase. We decorated the interior with the taylor-made plaster decor, installed furniture manufactured in accordance with our sketches and developed lighting schemes. As a result, we created a space with a very special solemn atmosphere. The main accent of the first floor is the bar counter, with a botanical bas-relief by the artist Evgenia Lampitskaya. The second floor is more homelike: it has a fireplace in a large green marble portal, which makes you feel like home. Due to the large windows, in the room there is always a lot of light, which is reflected from the marble tables and brass details.
Project team
Kristina Esenina, Mikhail Esenin, Polina Topaeva, Ekaterina Khoroshavina, Julia Afanasyeva
Visualizations
Arman Kashkenov
Photographer
Sergey Petinov
Moscow, Bolshoy Tolmachevsky Lane, 4s1
Realized in: 2021
Square: 118 m²
Seating: 52
The Bulka restaurant is located in the center of the city and welcomes guests who value quality cuisine and cozy atmosphere. The design of the interior continues the tradition of the unique style inherent in the entire Bulka chain. We preserved and restored the marble floors and parquet, an open-to-below chandelier, a stained-glass window, and a staircase. We decorated the interior with the taylor-made plaster decor, installed furniture manufactured in accordance with our sketches and developed lighting schemes. As a result, we created a space with a very special solemn atmosphere. The main accent of the first floor is the bar counter, with a botanical bas-relief by the artist Evgenia Lampitskaya. The second floor is more homelike: it has a fireplace in a large green marble portal, which makes you feel like home. Due to the large windows, in the room there is always a lot of light, which is reflected from the marble tables and brass details.
Project team
Kristina Esenina, Mikhail Esenin, Polina Topaeva, Ekaterina Khoroshavina, Julia Afanasyeva
Visualizations
Arman Kashkenov
Photographer
Sergey Petinov
The task was to create the design of the third restaurant of the Bulka chain, to give the guest a new association that Bulka is a full-fledged restaurant, not a coffee shop/bakery. We aimed to create a bright restaurant that would continue the atmosphere of the already existing establishments of the chain with a timeless interior reflecting the values of the brand.
In accordance with the network's ideology, natural materials were used in the interior design: marble, brass, wood, plaster, and glass. The work began with the restoration of existing elements, including the restoration of the parquet flooring, the restoration of the marble floors, the replacement of the electrical wiring in the chandelier, the custom-made missing plafonds, the renewal of the glass inserts in the wrought-iron railings, and the restoration of the handrail itself.
The first floor area is a two-storey space with a balcony that overlooks it. With a ceiling height of 5.5 meters, the area seemed very small. To visually balance out this area, a bronze mirror was installed on the wall under the balcony. This solution expanded the space and added a sense of grandeur, as it created the illusion of two semi-circular staircases leading to the balcony. This design highlighted and elongated the bar, which was initially small and hidden in the back of the room. Thus, the bar became an accent and attracted the attention of all incoming guests.
On the second floor, it was decided to use only mobile furniture to make the space feel spacious. The fireplace, with its marble portal with interesting hues, became a strong magnet for this place. Although the fireplace is electric, modern technology allows it to have a very natural appearance. The lounge seating adds a cozy and homely atmosphere to the establishment.
Since the restaurant is family-friendly, we couldn't leave out the little guests, so we set up a separate room with a buzibord, a drawing table, and a soft "burrow." The entrance to the room is integrated into a shelf near the fireplace, where each young guest can create their own little Narnia.
A separate stage of work on the restaurant was the collaboration with artists: Evgenia Lampitskaya created beautiful plant panels, and also took part in the restoration of plaster stucco. Murat Dyshok painted the paintings for the restaurant on order. Being near a huge four-meter canvas, it seems that you are lying in a field in the grass and looking up through the ears.
Detailed description of the project
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