Adaptaition of a historic brick building at 14 Bakunina Street in Tomsk, Russia for a Coffeshop with art space

Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Project idea

Adaptaiton is an important part of restoration for historic buildings because it includes the buildings in modern life and helps to maintain them further. The main goal of this project is to find a right adaptation for given building, the adaptaiton that will be competable with building's capacities and will be suitable for the current city context.
The object of adaptation is a historical stone building located on Bakunin Street, 14. It is included in an estate, that historically included two neighboring buildings numbered 14/1 and 14a. Presumably, this building was originally used as a retail store with utility rooms. The building has an entrance from the main street on the main facade which can be restored and used nowadays. At the moment it has the status of an Identified cultural Heritage Object.
New function was chosen, firstly, according to the building's capacities such as given free space, needed historical layout in plan, loads and processes the building can handle, and secondly, according to current needs of the city. The area in the project is the first street of the city that has a potential of a tourist's attraction and an inspiration for all artists in the city as a whole but does not have any places to have a rest during walks, thus the idea was to keep the historic exterior and to create a modern interior to connect the starting and current points in life of the building.
The goal was to create a cosy artsy atmosphere for everyone and for artists especially, to create a place where everyone can have a quality rest, take a look at how much inspiration the city can give to everyone, and see through the eyes of artists how beautiful it is.
The interior was created for the coffeeshop dining room because this room fully shows the idea of the adaptation.

Project description

The project proposes to place an art space with a small coffee shop in the house at number 14, with administration and a souvenir shop in the house at number 14a and the owner's house at the number 14/1. The public function is close to the original one, therefore it will not require serious interventions in the structure of the object and will perfectly suit it in the new conditions.
There are some workshops and some staff rooms in the basement. In the firat floor there are coffe shop space, art space and some staff area.
The interrior connects old and new: old brick walls and new gray stucco to display the paintings, immitation of an old wooden floor and new colourful wooden furniture, retro heating elements and modern lamps.
The wooden furniture and the bar table create a warm cosy atmosphere which is nesessary to have a rest. The black metal lamps and bright chairs create some accents in the interior.
The artificial lighting draws attention to the bar and adds some space above by being hidden behind the ceiling cornice.

Technical information

The main building material - historic brick, is displayed in the interior, the main material for furniture is wood, the floor is concrete immitating wooden planks, the lighting is created with LED Flexible Strip Light, the paintings are diplayed in plastic frames that allow to easily change exhibits, all metal details are painted in black.
The overall capacity is 30 people including staff.