Project Name: White Coffee
Office Name: Quadrum Studio
Completion Year: 2021
Gross Built Area (m2/ ft2): 80 m2
Project location: Saratov, Russia
Lead Architects: Albert Bagdasaryan, Inna Bagdasaryan, Olga Krainova
Photo Credits: Dmitriy Chebanenko
Description from design firm Quadrum Studio
White Coffee interior tells a history of how classic background can successfully interact with modern furniture and decor. At the background of plaster stucco you can see an elegant chandelier which is an uneven curve of freely suspended flexible neon hovering over the bar. It is an inseparable part of space also as other elements of White Coffee interior.
White Coffee Cafe with an area of 80 m2 is located on the busiest pedestrian street in the city of Saratov in a former apartment building built in the late XIX century. Cafe consists of two parts – the entrance area where there is a coffee bar with bar stools, a display case with confectionery, bar coffee tables – and a private part of the cafe with tables which has a more relaxed atmosphere for meetings or a personalized party. Private part has soft deep armchairs, ottomans, benches, textiles and special lighting.
Lighting plays an important role in the interior. Flexible neon located above the coffee bar is the first that cafe guests see when they open the door as it is so important to make a first impression. The regular glass neon tubes in the second hall of cafe set the rhythm and the overall spot light that fills the space and gives cozy shadows.
The floor is decorated with Herringbone tiles that unite both halls. Furniture in the interior from Russian designers: delo design, archipelago, vse v poryadke. The interior of the cafe is inspired by Parisian interiors. We wanted the interior not to be considered as “new”. We wanted to combine classic style, historical heritage and modern details, a cafe and a bar.
When we worked on the design of this interior we asked ourselves the question: “If I were a barista, in which cafe and in which interior would I like to make coffee?» Or the question from a guest: “In which cafe would I like to drink coffee and eat a croissant?” Perhaps we managed to please everyone?!))
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