Moscow restaurant "Noah" architecture studio "Anno Domini"

Passing the gallery

Text: Julia Shaginurova

A photo: Sergey Morgunov, Ekaterina Morgunov

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Since the beginning of summer in Protochny Lane, in the center of Moscow, there has been a nightly show - the restaurant "Noah" opens the gate-shutters. The rusted sashes are moving apart, exposing a giant mask of an unknown creature and exposing the inside of a fashionable Italian restaurant ... It took the restaurateur Andrei Zaytsev and the architects of the Anno Domini bureau to turn the year into a surrealistic architecture. A third floor was attached to the building, the walls were lined with sheets of rusty tin, and the notorious gate-mask was ordered to the facade by Italian artist Stefano Ronchetti. The interior of "Noah" is fundamentally eclectic and fundamentally has no connection either with the gastronomic concept of the establishment, or with any stylistic direction. The name of the Polynesian deity for the name was also chosen for the harmony and because it does not cause any particular association. Putting your child beyond the obvious associative connections is a bold decision for a restaurateur, because food is one of the most conservative areas of human life. However, the owner of "Noah" wanted to come up with an institution unlike any of the already existing ones. That is why it was so important to place it in a separate building and avoid direct associations with Italy and the Mediterranean. The authors of Noah appeal for indirect and archetypal connections, often designating them only in color, texture or image. A thoughtful transition from dark to light, the beauty of natural material or bright detail. On the tables, next to fine china and glass, sea shells are scattered, mythical golden dogs are guarding the fish stall, and in the courtyard paved with mosaics resembling the art of Gaudi, this complex compilation of styles and directions is completed by striped Venetian tents illuminated by Indian lamps.