How can the visual language of an industrial building become part of an exhibition dedicated to an artist who sought to eliminate everything but pure art?Designed for the Krasnoye Znamya Factory in Saint Petersburg, the exhibition space and temporary façade interventions for the Ed Reinhardt Museum bring together the factory’s monumental architecture and Reinhardt’s austere, monochromatic works. The exhibition becomes a process of artistic purification: visitors move through the evolution of Reinhardt’s visual language as if travelling along a production line, where meaning, texture and colour are gradually stripped away. The result is a train carrying «enriched coal» — a metaphor for the transformation of industrial matter into artistic essence.Project profile

How can a contemporary theatre become both a cultural landmark and a new way of experiencing a familiar landscape?Designed for Lappeenranta, Finland, this three-storey drama theatre draws on Alvar Aalto’s approach to form, integrating the building into the surrounding terrain and connecting its public spaces with the hillside. The theatre becomes a lens through which the familiar is transformed into a stage: a transparent small auditorium blurs the boundary between performance and landscape, turning the everyday Finnish scenery into an ever-changing theatrical backdrop.Project profile

How can an abandoned industrial site become a creative space for young people rather than a place they are discouraged from entering?«Self-Build» proposes a new use for the former Kirov Meat Processing Plant in Saint Petersburg, a heritage site where demolition is not an option. Instead of treating the construction waste scattered across the site as a problem to be erased, the project turns it into a resource for spontaneous, mentor-guided building. Here, chaos becomes a creative tool: young visitors are invited to transform discarded materials into their own structures, turning unsupervised exploration into a collective act of making. Even the project’s architectural form emerged from this principle, developed through the chance arrangement of coffee stirrers as a model for the scattered debris.Project profile

What if the landscape of a residential complex could tell the story of an extraterrestrial civilisation that once crashed on Earth?Developed as part of a team for a real-world Setl Group design competition, «To Earthlings» proposes a courtyard landscape design for the Paradny Ensemble residential complex in Saint Petersburg. Inspired by the nearby Pulkovo Observatory and Pulkovo Meridian, the project builds an imaginary mythology around an alien crash: large-scale architectural forms become fragments of a spacecraft, while smaller elements evoke abandoned shelters, dormant seeds and discarded spacesuits. The landscape becomes an archaeological site for a fictional past, inviting residents to explore the territory as a trail of clues and reconstruct a story that never happened — yet gives the place a world of its own.The project also involved collaboration with Urban Puzzle, who provided lighting fixture models. And with my dear colleagues: Ivan Firsov and Mariya «Marfa» Karpova.Project profile

Can an everyday object offer a sense of companionship without demanding attention in return?«Sputnik» is a floor lamp inspired by the form of artificial Earth satellites and the experience of personal loss. Designed for those who may find it easier to connect with objects than with people, it invites interaction through a simple gesture: raising or lowering its upper section to adjust the light intensity. The lamp becomes a quiet companion — present when needed, distant when not, offering a small, tactile ritual of connection without the pressure of constant contact. The project includes a functional concept, technical diagrams and a 3D model prepared for prototype production.Project profile