Karavaevi Brothers 4

Function: Cafe-Culinary Shop
Location: Rusakovskay st 31, Sokolniki, Moscow
Project: 2021, Total area: 150 m2
Status: Completed

The new location became the 42nd restaurant of the Karavaevi Brothers chain and the fourth project developed for the brand. Situated inside the renovated Sokolniki shopping center, next to the district’s main park and metro station, the café occupies a site defined by intense pedestrian traffic — unlike most locations of the chain, typically placed in quieter urban settings. In response, the interior was conceived as a balancing environment: protective, warm, and spatially enveloping.
The conceptual starting point was the American National Exhibition, which took place in Sokolniki in 1959 — a pivotal cultural event visited by more than two million people. For many Soviet citizens, it offered a first glimpse beyond the Iron Curtain, presenting not only industrial achievements but a new domestic and spatial paradigm. The geodesic dome by Richard Buckminster Fuller, pavilion structures created under the direction of George Nelson, and the multimedia installation by Charles and Ray Eames formed an architectural and ideological moment. This historical layer became the intellectual framework for the project.

3rd Prize Winner: V International Festival «Dom na Brestskoy 2022» | Category: Built Projects