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Name of the project

Coffer & Enfilade — DEROSSI interior boutique redesign.

Main character

DEROSSI — an interior boutique. A multibrand edit of high-end European and Russian furniture.

Setting

Volgograd, 10 Kommunisticheskaya Street — a historic residential building (1939) known as “Dom Prosveshchentsov”, designed by architect Anatoly Ivanov; listed as a regional cultural-heritage site. The building was restored after the war.

Coffer & Enfilade — DEROSSI interior boutique.

Objective

Update the operating showroom without a “museum” effect: bring back daylight, rework the layout, use the street-facing display windows as a media front, improve lighting and indoor climate, preserve the historic fabric, and create a neutral base for future rotations.

Conceptual scenario

First step — open the display windows. Previously, several openings were blocked to squeeze in more exhibits. We brought back daylight and made the windows the face of the boutique: by day — clear through-views; by night — warm light that reads as a quiet, high-calibre marquee.

Second step — the enfilade. Spaces are tied into a single axis along the windows: kitchen, living room, dining, bedroom. Long sightlines consolidate scale, and light guides the visitor without losing focus.

Third step — circular circulation. A looped route with no dead ends heightens continuity and engagement.

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Client’s role in the project

The client managed construction and contractors on site; our design oversight was remote and focused, with targeted work on lighting and finishes. Finishes and colour palette were selected jointly; key decisions were taken during site visits.

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Architecture of the idea

The historic coffered ceiling was uncovered during demolition, opened, carefully restored and lit — it became the nucleus of the main hall.

Partitions between functional zones were lightened with continuous transoms featuring a regular perforated insert: boundaries read clearly, while the space remains unified.

The interior base is neutral and tactile: calm planes, honest materials, and light that accents the furniture’s textures. Building services are integrated without ostentation: the engineering works, but never competes with the display.

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On site

Approx. 220 m². Demolition, restoration of the coffers, new planning logic, installation of slot diffusers for supply–extract ventilation and ducted air-conditioning, commissioning of DALI-addressed lighting scenes. Works carried out in compliance with heritage-protection requirements.

Details and meanings

  • Display windows reopened: daylight in; by night, a quiet street-side marquee.
  • Enfilade along the window axis: kitchen, living room, dining, bedroom.
  • Looped route with no dead ends — engagement without retracing the same path.
  • The 1939 coffered ceiling — uncovered, restored, and lit.
  • Full-length transoms with regular perforation — clear boundaries, space remains airy.
  • Lighting: accent / general / decorative; beam control to work the textures.
  • Building services: slot diffusers, ducted air-conditioning; quiet integration.
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Final result

The showroom gained a clear base for rotating displays: an architectural “frame” neutral in colour yet expressive in light and geometry.

Display windows now operate as a street-side medium for pedestrians and passing traffic; the enfilade and looped circulation establish a natural rhythm of movement. The space stays alive and renews itself without structural overhauls — in step with rotating collections.

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The name Zariza

Engraving of historic Tsaritsyn by Adam Olearius, 1636

In 1663, a book by Adam Olearius, a German scholar and secretary to the Holstein embassy to Russia and Persia, included a plate with six engraved views of Russian cities.

Tetus, Samara, Soratof, Zariza, Tzornogar, Kusmamedianski. Olearius passed Tsaritsyn on 6 September 1636.

Partners and clients sometimes jokingly associate our name with royalty. We do not mind, although for us it is rooted above all in the history of a place.

The city’s name is associated with the Tsaritsa River. One explanation traces it to the Turkic “sary-su”, meaning “yellow river”; another links it to “yellow sand”.

The fortress in the engraving stands at a meeting of currents: goods and embassies travelled along the river, and routes crossed here. This image resonates with us. Design and implementation also form a system of many factors, whose parts need to work together.

The studio’s name is tied to the history of Tsaritsyn, a city at the confluence of the Volga and Tsaritsa rivers. Our first office opened here, near the Architecture University. The studio began work on 21 December 2012, the day a 5,125-year cycle of the Maya calendar came to a close.

“Art” was added later, when we registered the domain. The name retains our connection to our place of origin, while the studio’s work has long reached beyond its geography.

Brand Identity

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