bowling club "M-111" (St. Petersburg) Sergey Repin Bowling club in the spirit of the works of Ray Bradbury

Passing the gallery

A photo: Alexey Babaev, Victor Vasiliev

Text: Nadezhda Serebryakova

Project author: Sergey Repin

Magazine: N4 (49) 2001

The interior of the St. Petersburg bowling club "M-111" (Moskovsky Proezd, d. 111) is designed in the spirit of the works of Ray Bradbury, but attracts not only science fiction fans. Sixteen tracks, located on two floors of a former industrial building, made the club the largest in the city. The overall stylistic orientation of the interior remains unchanged, the main difference between the halls is in the color scheme and the metal with which the walls and supporting structures are faced. In the first case it is copper, in the second - aluminum. Along one of the walls in cases of transparent plastic, the Aliens lurked - an inevitable meeting after long wanderings in space. When all sources of light except neon are extinguished, the alien veins are filled with luminous blood and their early awakening becomes apparent. At the bar, bending away, you can see the author's know-how: numerous vessels with drinks are not located behind the bartenders' backs, as usual, but stand directly above the counter, on a shelf closed from the outside with shining copper. On the second floor, the abundance of aluminum in the decoration and the blue color of the walls visually "lower" the temperature in the room by several degrees. And it seems that Cosmos itself approached the guest at arm's length.