SALON: The name of the club has the word "rooms". What is the reason for this?

- Soho Rooms has four rooms: a bar room, a dining room, a disco room and a pool terrace.

S: Did you originally plan to make Soho a trendy place?

- I was seriously preparing for this and constantly read the magazine SALON-interior. You know, I really wanted to understand what kind of architectural, decorating techniques help to create this or that atmosphere in the room. I was interested in everything - from planning to details. Asking why it was comfortable or uncomfortable in a particular space, I tried to analyze it not only with my own mind, but also with the help of magazines and special literature. It was important for me to learn how to predict the result. Because, in my opinion, it is important for the club to create not just a beautiful interior, but an interior that is conducive to long communication. Example. Say, why do we sit comfortably at this table? I explain: we are, as it were, in the auditorium, from which a view of several stages is opened. Above us the light is muted, all the main lighting is directed to the scene. Here is one of them - the space of the bar, where all the time there is some kind of action. Here is the second - the stairs. Every now and then people climb and descend along it, who can be watched. And, of course, the main scene is a wide panorama of the street outside the window ...

S: Did you take part in interior design?

- The concept of the facade is completely mine. The idea of ​​organizing the club space belongs to me too, and the ball chandelier is my idea.

S: How did you choose the architects?

- I really liked Maisoncafe - the work of the architectural bureau Anno Domini. But at the same time I realized that I needed a more sensual interior, so practically we selected the entire decor together. Indeed, in my head there was already an idea of ​​who would come here, what kind of public it was, what its expectations were ... I literally at the level of sensations understood what the interior should be here. For example, there were proposals to make the floor and ceiling from white oak. The idea did not suit me very much, because in my opinion, the oak in this decoration looks cold and even arrogant, and I needed a different effect. Therefore, we chose an African tree, warm and luxurious. Usually, in an expensive interior, a person feels clamped, as if the interior is pressing on him, but there is no such feeling here. Despite the decent height of the ceiling, as well as the presence of a large crystal chandelier and other palace decor elements, people are comfortable here. I know this for sure, because it is noticeable in the faces, and visitors tell me. After all, we have aged here, as if inhabited walls, an old, smoked brick, aged stucco. Everything is as warm and cozy as possible. A person relaxes and feels emotional lift, not tension.

S: It was risky to make the ceiling of the same material as the floor. After all, the interior is not modern, it is more to the classic.

- I would argue with that. On the ground floor we have a concrete floor, ultra-modern chandeliers - quite in the spirit of modern eclecticism. Therefore, even on the second floor, more traditional in style, the ceiling from the “parquet” does not look anything out of the ordinary.

S: You have a good ladder.

- This cast iron was made abroad. In Russia, the proposals were with some incredible deadlines of execution and monstrous prices. On the entire object required about 700 balusters. Here it would cost a wild sum. And not the fact that they would have done normally. Perhaps now the situation is better, but more than a year ago it was really difficult.

S: In Moscow, clubs and restaurants are very difficult to stay fashionable for a long time. One place opens today, another tomorrow.

- I agree with you. But there are places that have been popular and prestigious for many years. We have every chance of becoming such a favorite place. I argue simply: we have a great location, a beautiful view from the windows, a good restaurant, a cool bar, a dance hall that has no equal, and ... the best terrace in Moscow. She, unlike many others, is really open, located on the roof. The view of the city from here is magnificent. On the terrace there is a swimming pool with silver filtration, wicker beach chairs, a bar with an onyx stand, beautiful furniture ... In general, come to us in the evening when the lights of the embankment are reflected in the water - and you will understand what I am talking about.