该项目位于I.M. Korovin宽敞明亮的出租公寓内，其前身是莫斯科著名的“Titov and His Sons”连锁面包店。据团队成员在项目开始之前的调查发现，这间房子建于1914年，建筑立面上遗留至今的古董标志“Bakery OTD M.G.K.I.O”也可追溯到上世纪20年代。

The bright unit with high ceilings which was chosen for the project is located in the revenue house of I. M. Korovin and was historically preceded by a bakery. Before embarking on the project, we scrutinized the history of the house and its district. The house was built in 1914, and the bakery appeared straight after, being a part of quite an enormous Moscovian chain of bakeries ‘Titov and His Sons’. The building façade still retains an antique sign ‘Bakery OTD M.G.K.I.O’ which supposedly harks back to the 1920s.

▼Titov and His Sons及I.M. Korovin公寓全貌，overview of theTitov and His Sons and I.M. Korovin © Mikhail Loskutov

在收到客户希望保护该地历史痕迹以及重构俄罗斯革命前风格的面包房等要求后，项目团队试图以一种特殊、精细的方式来进行改造工作——即保留和恢复在杂货店曾经的装饰材料层下发现的东西。设计团队认为，在不刻意追求历史主义的前提下，传达空间的独特性从概念上来讲至关重要。他们的主要任务是通过对几何纯粹性、人工制品简洁性的强调来赋予空间通透性。团队成员在拆装过程中发现了古老的瓷砖，并对其进行了精心的清洁和修复。同样的方法也被运用在对窗户边框的处理中。此外，瓷砖还被部分保留在孔罩中。店主希望客人们能感受到空间中重新焕发出的生机，体验它的不完美、真实性和独特性。

▼店内空间概览，interior overview

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▼高挑通透的空间，high and transparent space

© Mikhail Loskutov

Thus, we had a historical unit and a technical task from a customer to recreate the pre-revolutionary atmosphere of a bakery and to sustain the historical significance of the place. We tried to work with exceptional delicacy- by keeping and restoring what has been found under the layers of finishing material left after the grocery store. We consider it to be conceptually crucial to convey the uniqueness of the space, without striving for deliberate historicism. Our primary task was to imbue the unit with airiness through geometrical purity and laconic emphasis on the artifacts.

During the dismantlement process, we found the original encaustic tile, which was meticulously cleaned and restored. The same was done to the window trimmers. Moreover, the tile was partly preserved in the escutcheons. We would like our guests to feel the space coming back to life, experience its idiosyncratic imperfections, its authenticity, and its distinctive character.

without deliberately pursuing historicism, the interior design conveys the uniqueness of the space © Mikhail Loskutov