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The Larks Cafe Ruang Kafe by Lizaveta Odintsova

The Larks Cafe Ruang Kafe by Lizaveta Odintsova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Ruang Dalaman dan Pameran Competition Category.


GangsaDalaman· 2025

The Larks Cafe Ruang Kafe

by Lizaveta Odintsova

Client: The Larks Cafe

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Dalaman Category

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The Design

About The Larks Cafe Ruang Kafe

Cafe The Larks adalah ruang yang menggembirakan untuk komuniti yang prihatin yang menghargai kebebasan, keikhlasan dan kecintaan terhadap kehidupan. Premis kafe ini yang menyajikan hidangan sarapan pagi lazat sepanjang hari dengan roti dan croissant yang harum, terletak di kompleks kediaman moden Podil Plaza di Kyiv, Ukraine. Konsep gaya reka bentuk mempunyai beberapa ciri utama: ton warna pastel, elemen grafik pada struktur, bentuk bulat untuk perabot dan penggunaan arka. Inspirasi datang daripada nama ruang ini: The Larks Cafe, seekor burung yang melambangkan harapan, cahaya dan kegembiraan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

The Larks Cafe Ruang Kafe ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. The Larks Cafe Ruang Kafe diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. The Larks Cafe Ruang Kafe memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Cafe The Larks is a joyful space for a mindful community who value freedom, sincerity and a taste for life.

The premises for this café, which serves delicious breakfasts all day with fragrant bread and croissants, are located in the modern Podil Plaza residential complex in Kyiv, Ukraine. The peculiarity of this project: unusual shape of the space - most of the walls were in the form of glass partitions of a radial shape.
Dimensions & Packaging
The main emphasis was placed on the use of Ukrainian and Scandinavian design brands, such as: LITVINENKO DESIGN STUDIO, Diza, Babich studio, IKEA, Oitoproducts, FurFur, Kononenko ID.
Tags
cafe, beige design, cafe interior, mindful design
Production Technology
The design concept was to harmoniously place the technology zone and the landing zone for guests, and all this on a limited space of 50 m2. The project of this format required enormous energy and creativity, so as the making of the most exquisite dessert.

The main criteria in the technical design plan was to withstand all the necessary standards - ventilation, insolation, high strength of coatings and environmental friendliness of materials. Therefore, such types of finishes as microcement, self-leveling floor, decorative plaster, tiles and mirrors were chosen.
Design Challenge
A mixture of such modern trends complements the space as: metals (stainless steel), rounded shapes (arches), float glass and a bright ceiling (caramel), light asceticism (nothing superfluous, no decor).
Research
Entering this cafe, you immerse yourself in an atmosphere of freedom and sunny space. There you feel like you belong, in a big city, where everything is created for rest and relaxation.
Inspiration
The design style concept has several key standing points: pastel shades, graphic in the structural elements, rounded shapes for the furniture and usage of arches. The inspiration came from the name of the space – The Larks Café, a bird which symbolises the hope, light, and joy. Also the lark is “the highest form of human existence” (according to the Ukrainian philosopher Grigoriy Skovoroda).
Project Duration
Location - Kyiv, Ukraine
Duration - 6 months
Operation Flow
The key colors chosen were shades of caramel and pistachio, combining the colors of sand and gray, which brought everything together into a single composition. The textures of natural materials of concrete, wood and glass gave these interiors naturalness and light, a feeling of purity and lightness of space. The space is complemented by a mixture of such modern trends as: metals (stainless steel), rounded shapes (arches), float glass and a bright ceiling (caramel), light asceticism (nothing superfluous, no decor).
Patents
Buro Odintsova
Image Credits
Serhii Savchenko

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