Positioned within the mountain resort city of Skhidnytsia in western Ukraine, the Prykirne restaurant by Ksenya Butsa Design Studio reinterprets the vernacular tradition of the Boyko area by means of a recent hospitality inside rooted in materials honesty, regional craft and spatial heat.
Occupying a 375-square-metre quantity inside the Panorama Skhidnytsia SPA Resort, the restaurant is outlined by its dramatic pitched ceilings reaching 7.5 metres at their highest level and panoramic glazing overlooking the encompassing forested panorama.
The studio was invited to revamp the restaurant after an earlier idea developed by one other design workplace did not resonate with the shopper. Slightly than making a generic alpine-style inside, the designers sought to ascertain a stronger reference to the cultural identification of Boykivshchyna – a historic ethnographic area of the Ukrainian Carpathians identified for its restrained structure, pure supplies and artisanal traditions.
Analysis into native home structure, ceramics and ornamentation knowledgeable the mission’s materials and spatial language. Pure wooden, textured plaster, wool upholstery and muted earthy tones have been used all through the inside to create an environment that feels each up to date and deeply regional.
One of many mission’s defining components is a customized ceiling and wall cladding system composed of 450 sq. metres of plywood shingles produced by native craftsmen. Historically used as an exterior roofing materials within the Carpathian area, the shingles have been reinterpreted for inside utility, requiring the event of customized mounting options on account of their weight and unconventional use on overhead surfaces.
Every particular person shingle component was hand-painted individually in a number of beige tones to create a dwelling, tactile and visually uneven floor that reacts softly to pure mild all through the day. Set up took six weeks to finish.
The bar counter was additionally clad in pure picket shingles, including heat and a distinctly tactile high quality to the central hospitality house.
The mission underwent a serious transformation throughout building. Initially conceived in deep wine and terracotta tones, the inside palette was reconsidered after consultations with hospitality consultants revealed that the darker environment would restrict the venue’s use for weddings and enormous celebrations. Two months earlier than opening, the studio made the choice to utterly revise the color technique, lightening the shingle cladding and transforming the fabric palette whereas building was already underway.
On the centre of the restaurant hangs a monumental customized chandelier impressed by conventional Ukrainian Christmas “pavuk” ornaments – geometric buildings traditionally woven from straw and suspended inside properties as symbols of safety and prosperity. Fabricated from metallic with an aged brass end, the chandelier consists of roughly 130 octahedral modules and measures six metres in size, 4 metres in top and three metres in width, with a complete weight of 250 kilograms.
Spatial zoning inside the giant eating corridor was achieved by means of movable perforated picket screens and cellular planters containing reside bushes. The carved ornamentation used on these components was tailored from conventional Boyko chest patterns found throughout analysis in regional ethnographic museums.
A ceramic wall mural behind the bar was created by 74-year-old Ukrainian ceramic artist Oksana Chepurna, whose handcrafted tiles reference the visible traditions of Boykivshchyna, Hutsulshchyna and the Lviv area. Variations within the dimensions of the hand-fired tiles launched set up challenges and required changes to the bar composition throughout building.
All through the mission, the studio deliberately averted polished perfection in favour of tactility, irregularity and materials authenticity. Tough plastered partitions, pure wool upholstery, stable wooden furnishings and softly reflective surfaces create an inside that feels intrinsically tied to its mountainous context quite than imposed upon it.
Challenge identify: Prykirne restaurant; Design: Ksenya Butsa structure design (Ksenya Butsa, Vitalik Kryshchuk, Yana Chorna); Location: Skhidnytsia (UA); Sector: Restaurant; Sq.: 375 m² / 4036 ft²; Yr: 2026; Photograph: Misha Lukashuk;
