DALI BUDE
Project: Dali Bude
Location: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Area: 388 m2
Completed: 2024
Photo: Andriy Bezuglov
“Dali Bude” Restaurant is a place that tells the story of local products through emotional design and gastronomic experience. The restaurant is located in the basement of a historic building on the main Ivano-Frankivsk street. Limited natural light filters through a few basement windows, creating an intimate, chamber-like atmosphere.
TEXTURES AND MATERIALS
Limestone with a distinctive texture and rich wine hue covers the floors, ceilings, and walls. This locally sourced material, quarried in Terebovlia, Ternopil region, is commonly used for fences and facades but is rarely seen in interiors, where designers typically opt for Italian or Turkish stone. However, this regional limestone is well-suited for interior surfaces. It enhances the space with its natural warmth and depth. Copper serves as the second key material in the design, adorning the walls of the smaller dining area, the bar façade, and bathroom surfaces, adding a refined contrast.
THE SYMPHONY OF ELEMENTS
A defining feature of the restaurant is its in-house cheese dairy, visible through porthole windows behind the bar. Guests can order cheeses as they mature or purchase them to take home. A carefully curated wine cellar showcasing Ukrainian wines further reinforces the restaurant’s commitment to local flavors.
The structural elements of the building's foundation are integrated into the interior. Together with live plants and dramatic lighting effects, they shape a space that embodies local identity and heritage.
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT
Thoughtfully designed lighting helped define the space and inspired the creation of bespoke lamps designed specifically for this project. Sconces resembling trembitas line the walls, while ceramic cowbell pendant lamps hang above the tables, and another pendants resemble the roofs of Carpathian houses. Above the bar, striking "Artichoke" fixtures crafted from copper ribbons add a bold sculptural element.
THE MAIN GOAL
“We aimed to create a space that tells the story of the region. Every material and design element in it works for a common goal - to reveal the value of local tradition. To explore it and study it to narrate it to the public,” says Dmytro Bonesko, art director of YOD Group.
