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Design Particulars: Six Espresso + Wine
Mission: Six Espresso + Wine
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Space: 300 sq. meters (3,229 sq. toes)
Accomplished: 2025
Design: NAAW
Architects: Elvira Bakubayeva, Aisulu Uali, Victoria Akram, Tomiris Ramazanova and Arailym Mukhamejan
Pictures: Damir Otegen
5 interconnected rooms transfer from morning brightness to night intimacy inside Six Espresso + Wine, a restaurant and wine bar occupying a Stalin-era constructing within the historic heart of Almaty.
Almaty-based structure studio NAAW stated the challenge extends the agencyโs exploration of townโs id by reinterpreting acquainted supplies and strategies via up to date types and collaborations with native artists.
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โSituated within the historic centre of Almaty, Six Espresso Wine is a restaurant conceived as a spatial transition โ from morning to night, from espresso to wine,โ NAAW stated in a challenge description shared with DCN. โThis narrative unfolds throughout 5 interconnected halls, every embodying a definite second within the day via shifting palettes, lighting, and environment.โ
Customized shutters and stained glass assist modulate the sunshine as prospects progress via the rooms.
The challenge attracts from Almatyโs architectural heritage, significantly via using shell limestone containing seen shell fragments. Discovered on the facades of metropolis landmarks together with the Kazakhstan Resort, the Palace of the Republic and Arasan Baths, the fabric is reinterpreted throughout the cafeโs inside partitions.
Stained glass components reference ornamental motifs discovered on the Arasan Baths, Ascension Cathedral and the historic Symbat vogue academy constructing.
Created in collaboration with artist Zhanel Shakhan, the stained glass incorporates a customized gradient that mirrors the challengeโs development from day to nighttime. Small hidden particulars inside the glass embody stylized miniatures of the cafeโs inside.
โThese transitions are expressed not solely via zoning and lightweight but in addition via a cloth palette that subtly evolves all through the area,โ NAAW stated. โThe flooring is terrazzo, tinted to match the tone of shell limestone, and accented with marble inlays deeper into the plan. The bar counter, carved in undulating types from shell limestone, is anchored by a customized curved stainless-steel gentle fixture โ a sculptural factor on the coronary heart of the cafe.โ
Works by Almaty-based photographer Bauyrzhan Sabit seem all through the inside. Within the morning-oriented part of the bar, heat yellow and delicate pink tones are joined by a felt wall tapestry from native design studio Dunie.
Customized travertine tables are paired with seating from native model Aq Objects, whose designs draw from furnishings historically used inside yurts. Sculptural Plopp chairs introduce a contrasting kind and manufacturing approach.
Lights had been sourced from Pholc, Verpan and &Custom, whereas a lot of the furnishings was designed particularly for the challenge, in keeping with NAAW.ย
The hall resulting in the kitchen and restrooms is totally clad in gradient panels throughout the ground and partitions. NAAW developed the panels with For Partitions, an area model specializing in architectural surfaces.
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