The Larks Cafe Nafasi ya Kafe by Lizaveta Odintsova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Nafasi za Ndani na Maonyesho Competition Category.
ShabaMambo ya Ndani· 2025
The Larks Cafe Nafasi ya Kafe
Client: The Larks Cafe
Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Mambo ya Ndani Category
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The Design
About The Larks Cafe Nafasi ya Kafe
Kafe The Larks ni nafasi ya furaha kwa jamii makini ambayo inathamini uhuru, uaminifu na ladha ya maisha. Eneo la kafe hii, ambayo inahudumia chakula cha asubuhi kitamu mchana kutwa pamoja na mkate wenye harufu nzuri na croissants, liko katika jengo la kisasa la makazi la Podil Plaza huko Kyiv, Ukraine. Dhana ya mtindo wa muundo ina vipengele vikuu kadhaa: rangi za pastel, michoro katika vipengele vya muundo, maumbo ya mviringo kwa samani na matumizi ya matao. Msukumo ulitokana na jina la nafasi hii: Kafe The Larks, ndege anayesimboliza tumaini, nuru, na furaha.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award
The Larks Cafe Nafasi ya Kafe ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. The Larks Cafe Nafasi ya Kafe inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. The Larks Cafe Nafasi ya Kafe hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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