The restaurant on Kazan's main pedestrian street is built around a single element: the entire kitchen operates on live fire, without electricity or gas. The concept originated from the image of the Simurgh—the phoenix-like bird of Eastern mythology. Fire as a source of life, warmth, and light serves as the central thread of the project—from the domed wood-fired oven around which the space’s layout revolves, to the hall's lighting scenarios.
The lighting is designed around the atmosphere of a dinner by a campfire—in a cave or in the forest at sunset. The lower tier provides an exceptionally warm light, while tables are accented with narrow-beam fixtures featuring a high CRI. Five custom scenarios powered by Wiren Board guide the dining room through the restaurant's twelve-hour day.
The primary engineering challenge was integrating a wood-burning oven and high-powered supply-and-exhaust ventilation into a compact footprint: packing a full live-fire kitchen and a dining room for 55 guests within just 130 sq. m.
The project earned a spot in the top 10 establishments of the Volga Region at the Where to Eat 2025 awards.
9a Bauman st., Kazan, Russia
Interior designer specializing in HoReCa. Founder of a design bureau (since 2019), with projects in Kazan and Moscow. Chairman of the Tatarstan Hospitality Industry Association. Has a degree in lighting design.
Leysan Shishkina
Sasha Kopylov
Paint, Escaro decorative plaster, lamps, Art Light lighting, Kerama Marazzi porcelain stoneware, Venice Stone natural stone, and Wood Stock wood.