The plan was to create not only a modern and convenient visa center but also a multifunctional public space. The main slogan is ?Italy starts here? and ?here? stands for a small Italian cafe and an exhibition zone in the foyer wherein a waiting area one can also look through the magazines about art, design, and traveling. The reception desk is not only the ?island? of information but the center of the whole interior which is designed in monochromatic colors.

© Ivan Erofeev

Architects: MEL | Architecture and Design

Location: Ulitsa Kiyevskaya, 2, Moskva, Russia

Lead Architects: Fedor Dubinnikov, Pavel Chaunin, Stanislav Titov

Area: 980.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Ivan Erofeev
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Text description provided by the architects. The plan was to create not only a modern and convenient visa center but also a multifunctional public space. The main slogan is ?Italy starts here? and ?here? stands for a small Italian cafe and an exhibition zone in the foyer wherein a waiting area one can also look through the magazines about art, design, and traveling. The reception desk is not only the ?island? of information but the center of the whole interior which is designed in monochromatic colors.

© Ivan Erofeev

© Ivan Erofeev

The textures of light-colored concrete which was used to finish the floor, walls and the ceiling are stylistically combined with the s...