GNIZDO HOUSES are unique family eco-lodges on the territory of the recreational complex MAKHNO VILLAGE RESORT. Rest and recovery among natural forms and meanings.
When designing GNIZDO, we were guided by one of our key guidelines – the principle of naturalness: natural materials, architecture as a continuation of the landscape, design as an embodiment of natural forms, and location in an ecological place – on the territory of a cultural and recreational complex.
Therefore, the buildings do not look urban at all, but rather like a futuristic cave or a rock chiseled by the winds.
GNIZDO is built of firewood concrete – a lightweight eco-arbolite with hemp bark admixture. This material has excellent sound and heat insulation, excellent hygroscopicity, prevents the appearance of rodents, insects and mold, and extinguishes harmful radiation.
Thanks to materials, their combinations and special architectural techniques, the house seems to “breathe”, exchanging air with the surrounding space.
The exterior of the building can be finished with a reed covering. This will add even more natural climate control.
A Ukrainian house is a reed roof, clay walls, and a hearth in a stove. GNIZDO is the embodiment of the DNA of Ukrainian architecture in the third millennium.
Like a hut-mazanka from the future, the project modernizes the tradition, sets the vector for new suburban architecture, and is a great example of modern Ukrainian style in interior design.
Inside, GNIZDO is full of functional beauty.
You are greeted by a spacious hall with a fireplace and a huge designer sofa on one side, and a cast-concrete family table with the same chairs and unique designer lamps on the other. The Ukrainian ethno style in the interior is complemented by panoramic windows to the garden, wooden beams and a brushwood ceiling add a sense of nature’s presence even here, inside the building.
The space is bright and sunny, yet quiet and cozy.
Behind the brushwood partitions are the bedroom and children’s rooms, which are perfect examples of reimagined ethnic Ukrainian interior design.
The entrance to the bedchamber is guarded by a two-meter-high DIDO art sculpture, handmade in our workshop. It is a totem and amulet of the house that harmonizes the space and protects it from misfortune and sadness.
Pay attention to the wall next to the large bed. Just imagine, these are real tree roots covered with clay. The materials create a mysterious coziness, have a beneficial effect on the exchange and humidity of the air in the room, purifying and filtering it. Besides, it is beautiful – the curves of the roots play with the rays of natural or designer light, creating fascinating patterns similar to dreams and dreams.
Children’s rooms are bright and spacious. Under the ceiling, the legendary KHMARA lamps by MAKHNO are a dreamy attribute and an art object at the same time. The wooden tabletop near the window and ELEPHANT chairs made by our studio serve the kids in their studies and creative activities. And DIDO figurines and other artistic decorations entertain and inspire.
GNIZDO HOUSES is our vision of a modern Ukrainian house in the countryside. Naturalness, ecological compatibility, loyalty to the wise traditions of rural architecture, futuristic vision and artistic surroundings – restore body and soul to take a break from the bustle of the city.
A cozy family nest where you want to come back.