restaurant "Shanti" in Moscow Andrei Kuleshov, Mikhail Ivanov

Passing the gallery

A photo: Evgeny Luchin

Leading headings: Nina Farizova

Architect: Andrey Kuleshov, Mikhail Ivanov

Magazine: N5 (83) 2004

Translated from Sanskrit, the word "shanti" means "peace, rest, peace". “We tried to build a new restaurant with the same name around these notions,” says architect Mikhail Ivanov. “This is not Japanese, Chinese or Vietnamese style. We were interested in Buddhism in the broad sense of the word. We sincerely played Indochinese culture, creating time modern interior. " Shanti (Moscow, Myasnitsky pr-d, 2/1) is not only a restaurant, but also a tea room and a gallery of Tibetan furniture, that is, three rooms, different in function and color. The coldest and toughest with soft orange backlighting is the restaurant itself. One hundred and eight buddhas (the only direct reference to the topic in the restaurant hall) is a sacred number associated with the magic triangle and the number of grains on the rosary. Tea is closer in style to Japan. A fairly authentic place is the Tibetan gallery with columns, stonework, a buddha and the present throne of the Dalai Lama brought from Tibet.