FREYA Architects

An apartment for a young couple who travels a lot around the world. The owners have already formed their aesthetic preferences. The task was to combine African motifs, wabi-sabi textures and the atmosphere of Norway. The space was supposed to be homely and warm. Therefore, the interior used all-natural colours, shades of beige and soil. For air into the space between the kitchen and the living room, a glass partition made of thin white metal.

Bathroom in the colours of sand. The tile on the floor is ornamental with the yellow of the sun. The shape of the mirror follows the shape of the transoms in the glass partition in the living room.

Chief Architect: Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Architect: Liza Aniskova
Visualizer: Angelica Chernenko
Photographer: Daniel Annenkov

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Our office project got BEST of 2021 according to Archello team!

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Høyde
2022
Krylatskie Holmy, Moscow, Russia
85 sq.m.

Team
Chief Architect: Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Chief Architect: Marina Gyulumyan
Architect: Anastasia Tkachenko
Architect: Olga Yanchuk
Visualizer: Anastasia Zhurikova

The main design concept of the apartment is to create a soothing home interior. After our discussions with the client, we found that clients love the north and mountains, fresh air and Scandinavian heights. Height, translated from Norwegian, is a mountain peak, which gives exactly these sensations. Freedom, space, heaven and the space between heaven and earth. From here came the colour scheme: cold beige, shades of grey and light grey and the dove colour of the sky.

Mighty Building Office
2021
Moscow
800 sq.m.

Team
Chief Architect: Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Visualizer: Anton Nasekin
Photographer: Daniel Annenkov

The office is located in a two-story building in the loft quarter. The quarter is undergoing reconstruction of former warehouses and factory buildings into offices, shops and showrooms. The company produces 3D printers for building houses. There is a huge room with a robot next to the back office.

The office has a separate dining room and a coffee point on the 2nd floor. Where you can make coffee and sit in the lounge area.

The colours used in the interiors are the company's branding colours.

Serenita
2020
Status: concept

Team
Chief Architect: Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Visualizer: Angelica Chernenko

Everyone needs a personal secret place where they can hide from the outside world. And that place is this bathroom. A space with its individuality and not similar to others. This makes it timeless and trendless. Everything around is created for reflection, inner peace and relaxation. The concept of smart living is reflected in light scenarios that can be controlled while taking a bath using a voice or phone; the blinds in the windows are adjustable with sound and have a mode of keeping warm in winter and reflecting direct sunlight in summer. The project combines modern, technological sanitary wares and archaic textures and decor, linking the past, present and future.

Brands and collections used in the project
Mutina—DechirerXL, Gesso and Celosia; Knief & Co - K|Stone Moon; Antrax IT - Tavoletta; Decor Walther-Stone; Ceramica Globo-Opi; Fantini-AK/25; Vismaravetro - Suite.delivery

UNICA Office
2020
Moscow
1 700 sq.m.

Team
Chief Architect: Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Visualizer: Anton Nasekin
Photographer: Daniel Annenkov
Status: completed

The office of the engineering company is located in a 4-story building in the early 2000s. Then in Russia, there was one affordable and cheap material - brick. Therefore, the interior uses terracotta colour to connect the interior and exterior. The wish of the customer was to make space for work, not for rest. With a clear separation of the work area and the dining room, with the separation of the flows of workers of different levels and guests.

Within the budget, we developed a monochrome background from simple decoration materials and added accents of greenery, posters, terracotta and wood.

Bay Apartment
2021
Moscow, Metropoly
40 sq.m.
Status: under construction

Team
Chief architect: Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Chief Architect: Marina Gyulumyan
Architect: Anastasia Tkachenko
Visualizer: Angelica Chernenko

Apartment design for a young woman. The concept of the "bay" apartment was born after an interview with a customer who would like to hide in the apartment from the noise of the city.

The client is very fond of travelling and will choose a sea with white sand, hence the apartment has white parquet and blue shades of sea waves.
Also, the feeling of a comfortable hotel room was created specifically to feel like travelling.

All storage systems in the apartment are hidden, for maximum cleanliness and minimalism of the space.

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https://freyaarchitects.com/project/bayapartment

Astana Office
2021
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
360 sq.m.

Team
Chief Architect: Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Visualizer: Angelica Chernenko
Visualizer: Anastasia Zhurikova

Office for an engineering company in Kazakhstan. The company builds roads, stadiums and public complexes. Planning zoning is done based on the characteristics of the interaction of employees within the company. The project provides acoustic solutions for departments with a loud type of work, different types of meeting zones for different teams, a printer zone, an open space for 38 people.

On the black core is painted the map of Nur-Sultan city.

Additional types for work, are a high table in the window and a black bench with tables.

Kaira Loroo Women's House
2021
Senegal
200 sq.m.

Team
Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Viktoria Misha

The challenge of the competition is to design a women’s house that aims to promote gender equality as a key factor in rural development. The architecture must be a space dedicated to hosting activities that focus on education, raising awareness, and developing the village in the name of equality. The main rule of the competition is to strictly use local materials that can be obtained within walking distance in the nearest villages.

Part 1. Reflection. The subject's attention is drawn to himself and to his consciousness, in particular, to the products of his own activity, as well as any rethinking of them. Reflection is also commonly seen in relation to a person's capacity for self-development.

Part 2. Initiation – corporeality. Initiation is one of the manifestations of social solidarity. In the process of initiation, a person encounters a being, which significantly changes the very structure of his existence. Corporeality, among other things, is aimed at a person's independent comprehension of his body and its criteria of significance.

Part 3. Agency – openly discuss. In general, it can be defined as a person's ability to act as an independent agent and make an informed and free choice. Agency is tied to the legacy of liberal humanism, which is central to democratic citizenship.

Botanist Capsule Hotel
2018
Aptekarsky Ogorod, Moscow, Russia
180 sq.m.

Team
Kristina Koivistoinen-Khatlamadzhiian
Viktoria Misha

Botanist is a place where tourists relax and immerse themselves in nature in the city centre. The idea was to create a homely atmosphere with an affordable budget. The hotel's feature is a huge window sill under a stained glass window overlooking the famous garden of Moscow.
Plywood capsules are environmentally friendly with a good ventilation system.