gallery of Esfera boutiques in St. Petersburg
Passing the galleryText: Nina Farizova
A photo: Yury Molodkovets
Project author: Maria Makhonina, Alexandra Kazakovtseva
Architect: Tatyana Badaeva, Alla Mikhno
Graphics: Maria Kalyagina
Magazine: N6 (139) 2009
The Esfera boutique gallery in St. Petersburg is located on the first two floors of a modern residential building. According to the original project, the space allocated for shops had a different configuration. The authors of the project proposed to turn it into a classic passage. Now it is a two-story gallery with a central promenade and a two-light round hall. Hall is a constructive center of the gallery. It is decorated with a huge five-meter chandelier, made according to the sketches of architects. The prototype for its creation was the golden cage with birds of paradise - a classic symbol of luxury. A chandelier consists of many gold rings connected to each other; inside the illuminated figures of birds. There are a lot of exclusive details in this interior - gold plaster, posters with a specially designed graphic motif, glass railing made of zebrano ... In addition, there are gold "tapes" on the walls, created with complex, multi-stage technologies. They are made of glass on which a decorative motif is applied - intersecting boulevards and avenues of the fictional City of Fashion. The dominant color combination is white and gold in its different variations. The promenade of the gallery and its main dyeing - the chandelier - can be clearly seen from Nevsky Prospect.