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“My workshop is the place where the
pulse of my life beats. I wanted to create
a workshop, which each day would
inspire not just me and my team, but
also my clients. I would really want
for it to inspire my clients and guests
towards bold experiments. ”
- Sergey Makhno
With 520 completed projects in sixteen different countries, the
interior design from Sergey Makhno Architects consists of mixing
styles incorporating custom designed products, living through a
design process and making it comfortable for life.
They create custom designed projects, just like the Podol Loft in
Kyiv, Ukraine. Belonging to a young family with a two-year-old
son, in which the father is a businessman and the mother a director
of a tailoring shop, the Podol loft consists of a 128 square meter
loft designed by Sergey Makhno Architects. The objective of this
project was to create a modern living space with private areas for
the parents and their son as well as a personal SPA. The name of
the space came from the Kyiv district Podil, in which the building
is located. The designers’ team restored and covered the bricks
with a protective polish, which allowed them to work as the base
for a design concept.
The apartment contains combining living, dining and kitchen
areas, separate child's room, an isolated bedroom area with a
private bathroom and a giant balcony with a bathtub on one side
and a desk on the other. Concrete panels, wooden rails and metal
elements were combined creating the visual appearance of the
space, bringing an industrialist touch to it.
Solid oak covered the floors and on the walls, wooden slats added
additional textures and warmth. The apartment also has several
elements made of glass, from doors that separate a bedroom from
the bathroom, a glass-enclosed shower floats in the centre of
the bathroom, and large glass windows fill the space with light
making the loft look softer The furniture line is built according
to the unique sketches of Sergey Makhno. In terms of decorative
items, designers opted for contemporary pieces from Minotti and
Poliform. Technical lighting is combined with lighting fixtures by
Artemide and Foscarini.
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