Voda Bar

Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina

VODA BAR

SAGA

ARCHITECTS
Saga

MANUFACTURERS
AutoDesk, Trimble

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mikhail Khvalebnov, Polina Poludkina

AREA
60 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Moskva, Russia

CATEGORY
Bar

Text description provided by architect.

The project takes place in a former boiler-room building. The interior space is a collection of the old city materials: limestone, wood, plaster, steel, brass, mica and gold.

Voda Bar
© Mikhail Khvalebnov
Voda Bar
© Mikhail Khvalebnov

Spacial structure of the building adopts traditional Moscow chamber structure, where the ground level is made of stone and top level is wooden.

The ground level is a bright light space of a bar, decorated with flowers, upper level is a living room accompanying with music, furnished with vintage sittings and a little library.

Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina
Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina

The project site is located in one of Moscow’s courtyards, hidden from the city bustle.

This summer project was accomplished with a temporary outdoor structure.

Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina
Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina
Voda Bar
© Mikhail Khvalebnov

Terrace with street fountain invites the passerby to engage with the aura of the space.

Fountain is a symbolical representation of the name of the place (Voda means water in Russian).


Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina
Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina
Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina


Voda Bar
© Mikhail Khvalebnov
Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina
Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina
Voda Bar
© Polina Poludkina


Voda Bar
Section
Voda Bar
Section

Voda Bar
Section
Voda Bar
Section


Voda Bar
Section
Voda Bar
Section

Voda Bar
Section

Voda Bar
Section