Mood Indigo (Pena dney)
Vulica Internacyjanaĺnaja 23, Minsk
280 m2
Total area
170 m2
Guest zone
120.0 m2
Kitchen zone
2018
Year of the project
old french castle
Style
Design brief
The restaurant is located in pre-war building in old part of the city. It’s made in style of old castle with characteristic elements, materials and architectural techniques.
In a basement of a philosophy of the interior is a Boris Vian’s novel «Mood Indigo», which was popular in France in the middle of last century.
The main accent is a Belarussian cuisine in contemporary interpretation
Working with the object and its features
The space of the restaurant includes four rooms, passing one to another and surrounded by main walls. This architectural reception can be met in medieval palazzo and castles. The kitchen is located on the ground floor, the guest area is situated on the main floor. After the beginning of building it was showed that walls are consist from the last century brick and ceiling lies on antique and covered with shingles. All these elements are saved and opened for visitors.
Room 'Jean Paul Sartre is eavesdropping on us'
After the beginning of dismantling work, it was discovered that the walls conceal ancient bricks of the last century, and the ceiling lies on beams and is covered with shingles. These elements have been preserved and are on display for visitors to see.
Vaulted ceilings with stucco and antique interior items in an interesting way coexist with modern furniture and fixtures.
The centerpiece of this room is a portrait hanging over the fireplace. It depicts Jean Paul Sartre eavesdropping on us, laughing at the ideas and opinions of modern man.
Room 'The Secret Greenhouse'
The emphasis of the interior is made on light installations and many plants.
In this room is a greenhouse, like a garden blooming inside each of us, illuminating everything around us.
The emphasis of the interior is made on light installations and many plants.
In this room is a greenhouse, like a garden blooming inside each of us, illuminating everything around us.
Room 'Somewhere in France'
The combination of brown and burgundy, as well as mirrored surfaces and large windows, set this room in the mood of a French bar-restaurant.
“They’re sipping tea and weak liquors, so they don’t have to think about what they’re writing, and people go in and out, not a café, but a courtyard of sorts, And this shakes settled in the depths of consciousness thoughts, and then it is easy to get at random one, then another, and even no need to cut off the unnecessary, it is only worth writing them down, and at the same time all the unnecessary too, and dilute the one in the other. ”
Room 'magic corridor'
This guest area at the entrance of the restaurant is bathed in soft sunlight. So airy and unremarkable, it nevertheless prepares visitors to dive into the magical world of Boris Vian’s dreams come true.
Details
There are a lot of items from the novel «Mood Indigo» with certain sense in the interior. In every room it’s easy to find an emphasis item: chandelier on the table, the lighting installations with plants, mirror bar counter, which dissolves in the space, basin mixer from the ceiling and act..
Our major responsibilities on the project
Technical work with the object
Creative work with the object
Preparation of renders
What was done why why for what
Preparation of drawings
Statement preparation
