EL COPITAS酒吧丨俄罗斯丨DA BUREAU

El Copitas 是由三位朋友Igor Zernov、Artem Peruk和Nikolay Kiselyov创办的，最初是一个位于地下室的小酒吧，酒吧的原始状态非常破旧。那时，酒吧的内饰几乎是临时搭建的——店主们亲手制作了中央的木桌和桌面，椅子则是从其他酒吧的朋友那里收集而来。随着时间的推移，El Copitas逐渐获得了许多独特的装饰细节：一幅描绘弗里达·卡罗（Frida Kahlo）的壁画，使用了玛雅蓝色的天蓝色；陶瓷骷髅、兔子雕像——这些都是对阿兹特克神话的致敬；店内的“copitas”（小酒杯）——为酒吧的朋友们特别定制的彩色龙舌兰酒杯，并签名纪念；入口处的壁画，满载着客人们的祝福。

El Copitas was created by three friends, Igor Zernov, Artem Peruk and Nikolay Kiselyov, in a small basement, which had been handed over to them in a state of neglect. At that time the interior was assembled from improvised means — the owners made the central wooden table and table tops with their own hands, and chairs were collected from friends from other bars. Additional authenticity of the place was given by the details that El Copitas acquired over time: a fresco depicting Frida Kahlo on one of the walls painted in azure Maya Blue, ceramic skulls, rabbit figures — references to Aztec myth, personal ‘copitas’ — colourful tequila cups signed in honour of the bar’s friends, a mural at the entrance with numerous wishes of the guests.

▼室内概览，overview of the interior space © Dmitry Suvorov

概念

Concept

酒吧的内饰概念基于店主伊戈尔·泽尔诺夫和阿尔捷姆·佩鲁克的心情板。两人从墨西哥旅行中带回了一个美丽的传说：曾经在瓦哈卡发生了一场可怕的大火，摧毁了整个村庄，唯独在供奉维尔赫娜·胡基拉（Virgen de Juquila）——“龙舌兰酒制造者的守护神”——的神殿内，一幅描绘她的壁画安然无恙。两位店主决定在酒吧内体现这个传说，保留了旧El Copitas的核心元素——共享的长桌、弗里达的壁画和兔子雕像，同时为它们注入新的解读。因此，经过翻新的El Copitas内饰基于一种神秘的圣地空间形象，这个空间在火灾后的重生中，保留了所有的圣物。

The interior concept is based on the mood board of the facility’s owners Igor Zernov and Artem Peruk. From their trips to Mexico, they brought back a beautiful legend that once upon a time in Oaxaca, after a terrible fire destroyed the whole settlement, only a fresco with the image of Virgen de Juquila – the patroness of those who make tequila — remained intact in the temple dedicated to her. The owners have decided to embody this legend in the bar, preserving the main ‘sanctuary’ of the old El Copitas – communal tables, a fresco of Frida, and rabbit figures, while at the same time, giving them a new reading. Thus, the interior of the renovated El Copitas is based on the image of a mystical sacral space that was reborn after the burning and has preserved all its sacred objects.

▼入口，entrance © Dmitry Suvorov

▼神秘昏暗的空间氛围，A mysterious and dim spatial atmosphere © Dmitry Suvorov

▼装饰细部，decoration detail © Dmitry Suvorov

我们将酒吧的内饰设计为完全单色调：墙壁呈深棕色，几乎接近黑色，桌面和椅子则采用深色木材。我们在四周安装了LED蜡烛，并在酒吧后方设置了三个局部的“祭坛”。同时，我们巧妙地融入了这些“圣地”——它们在过去十年间构成了酒吧独特氛围的一部分——以此来讲述这个全新的故事。

We made the interior of the bar completely monochromatic: the walls are dark brown, almost black, and the table tops and chairs are made of dark wood. We installed LED candles around the perimeter and three localised ‘altars’ behind the bar. And we elegantly integrated the ‘sanctuaries’ that have been forming the unique spirit of the bar for 10 years to create this new story.

▼如“祭坛”般的布局，‘altars’ -like layout © Dmitry Suvorov

▼如“祭坛”般的布局，‘altars’ -like layout © Dmitry Suvorov

翻新过程

Process

值得注意的是，尽管设计于2021年12月与客户商定并确定，三年后仍然保持原样，并继续保持其相关性。酒吧于2024年9月1日关闭进行翻新，2025年1月1日重新开张迎接客人。

It is important to note that even though the design was thought up and agreed with the client in December 2021, 3 years later it remained without a change and, yet, kept its relevance. On 1 September 2024, the bar closed for renovation, and already on 1 January 2025 it welcomed its guests again.

▼翻新过程，renovation progress © DA BUREAU

新设计

New design

在开发这个项目时，我们设定了一个重要目标：为客人创造一种逐步沉浸于新空间的体验。El Copitas拥有许多朋友和粉丝，这些人在酒吧运营的10年中已经习惯了这里的内饰，因此我们希望在不破坏已有空间互动体验的前提下，提升酒吧的内饰。根据我们的设想，酒吧的客人首先进入的是一个昏暗的入口区域，在这里，熟悉的“El Copitas”标志用淡紫色闪耀着。随着他们逐渐适应，眼睛开始捕捉到空间中新的细节：雕刻的橱柜、装饰、衣帽间上的带有老酒吧墙面文字的条带，以及通向主厅的尖拱门。

An important goal we set ourselves in developing this project was to create a scenario of a gradual immersion of the guests in the renovated space. El Copitas has many friends and fans who have become accustomed to the interior of the bar over the 10 years of its existence, so it was important for us to enhance the interior without destroying the scenarios of interaction with the space, which are familiar to the visitors of the establishment.Under the scenario we came up with, the guests of the bar first enter the dark entrance area, where the long familiar sign ‘El Copitas’ shines brightly in lilac pink. But gradually, their eyes begin to capture the changes and new details: the carved cabinet, the trimmings, the bands on the cloakroom with inscriptions transferred from the walls of the old bar, and the lancet archway leading into the main hall.

▼通向主厅的尖拱门，the lancet archway leading into the main hall © Dmitry Suvorov

衣柜上的带状条带印有从老酒吧墙面上转移过来的文字和短语，这些都是与墨西哥文化相关的西班牙语内容，同时留有空白处，供新的祝愿写入。在开发这一设计技巧时，灵感来自旅行时将五彩缤纷的丝带系在树枝上的传统，希望能够再次回到那个地方。

The wardrobe ribbons feature inscriptions carried over from the walls of the old bar, words and phrases in Spanish related to Mexican culture, and blank spaces for new wishes. In developing this technique, we were inspired by the tradition of tying colourful ribbons to the branches of a tree when travelling, hoping to return to that place again.

▼衣柜上的带状条带，The wardrobe ribbons © Dmitry Suvorov

在主厅，柔和的光线笼罩着这个半昏暗的空间，客人将注意到更多变化：设计师将酒吧位置进行了调整，环绕着座位，而中央是一个由混凝土制成的大型共享桌，形状与旧酒吧一致。然而，它现在具有了额外的功能——在桌子中内置了通风系统。

In the main hall, which is softly immersed in semi-darkness, the guests will notice more changes: we have turned the bar and put seating around the perimeter, while in the centre, there can be seen a large communal table made of concrete, the same shape as in the old bar. However, it now has an additional function – we have built ventilation into it.

▼环绕共享桌的酒吧，a large communal table in the centre © Dmitry Suvorov

酒吧座位后方，设计师在带有尖拱形小隔间的地方设置了三个照明的“祭坛”，在这些祭坛上，安放了酒吧的圣物——个性化的“copitas”和稀有的梅斯卡尔酒。走进另一个尖拱形门道，客人们进入了第二个房间，这里发生了更多变化：现在这里有一个岛型开放厨房，一个真实的雕刻橱柜，内置迷你温室用于种植调酒用花卉，四周是环绕的桌子，还有一个迷你版的混凝土共享桌，和主厅中的大桌子相似。

Behind the bartender’s seat, we created three illuminated ‘altars’ in niches with lancet arches, where we placed the bar’s sanctuaries – personalised copitas and rare mezcal. Diving into another lancet archway, the guests enter the second room, which has undergone even more changes: now there is an island with an open kitchen, an authentic carved cabinet with a built-in mini greenhouse for growing flowers for cocktails, elbow tables around the perimeter and a mini version of the communal table made of concrete,  as in the main hall.

▼如“祭坛”般的布局，‘altars’ -like layout © Dmitry Suvorov

▼如“祭坛”般的布局，‘altars’ -like layout © Dmitry Suvorov

▼卫生间，bathroom © Dmitry Suvorov

▼轴测图，axonometric © DA BUREAU

Proect team: Olga Belyakova, Ekaterina PivenEvgeniy Kalistratov

Design executive team: Anna Lvovskaia, Boris Lvovskiy, FedorGoreglyad, Maria Romanova

Assisting team: Yulia Grigorieva, Liya Morozova

Year of implementation: 2025

Area: 80 m2

Timescales: 3,5 months

Photography: Dmitry Suvorov