When invited to design a Berlin Bar in Moscow, the Berlin-based architect proposed a radical yet poetic translation. His concept transfers the public space of Berlin into an interior space of Moscow. Within the intimate bar he created a social environment with concrete wall reliefs of Berlin sidewalks. These castings of pavement segments, taken personally by the architect, reflect on the exchange and history between Berlin and Moscow: the sidewalk in front of Café Moskau, the former demarcation line between the Russian and the American Sector (Checkpoint Charlie) and the Berlin Wall, Glienicker Brücke and the district of Charlottenburg with it’s traditionally large Russian population. The pavement stones are formed and imbued with the history of the city and its people, holding traces of Berlin life and its dramatic political changes. With the exception of the historic Stolpersteine monument, these are an aspect of daily life that seems to go largely unnoticed. Through an abstract concrete image, Reich offers us a glimpse into the myriad of Berlin histories stored within. As a side effect, the vertically positioned ground plates of the bar construction also cite the prefab buildings that dominate Berlin’s cityscape and the artistic reliefs often found on facades and foyers of socialist architecture. The design concept connects Berlin with Moscow—yet with the roughness of the gray wall paneling and minimalistic use of concrete in contrast to the often colorful and golden interiors of gastronomical establishments in Moscow.