Through a camera lens

G&G _ Magazine shows Ukraine through the eyes of one of the most famous Ukrainian architecture and interior photographers, Andrey Avdeenko. Photographing thousands of interior and architectural projects, and with the right angle of perspective, he manages to convey the soul of the project and intrigue the viewer.

Comfort Town by Archimatika // Kyiv - It is a 40-hectare residential complex with its 180 rainbow-colored low-rise apartment buildings. Inspired by Lego, it's a playful response to the sprawling 1950s and 60s communist-era housing that encircles them.

Boulevard Yuzhny by Filimonov & Kashirina architects // Dnipro City - Located in the central district of the city, the implemented boulevard is a continuation of the previously formed pedestrian boulevard Ekaterinoslavsky. Yuzhny Boulevard is longitudinally divided into three zones: transit areas along the line of the building, functionally various zone in the middle (recreation, quiet rest areas, children’s playground). The main landscape dominant of the new pedestrian space is the stream, which stretches across the entire boulevard. It’s also the longest artificial creek in Ukraine. It symbolizes the underground river Zhabokryach, which flows right under the street.

Reconstruction of Yavornitsky Street by VK Architects // Dnipro - The project of transformation one of the oldest streets in the city from caroriented to pedestrian. Thanks to urban development funds the project connects two existing torn pedestrian spaces - a square and a park into a single pedestrian system setting the vector of environmental development for the entire city.

Cottage Town Skogur by Insight Design // Carpathian Mountains - In the village of Skogur, Ivano-Frankivsk region, the development concept of this unique project does not involve fences, all houses have a small backyard area, and the general landscape is zoned by the terrain. This creates the effect of a single space and architecture, harmoniously inscribed in the surrounding nature. With its benefits of eco-building, Cottage Town Skogur shows that it is possible to create modern architecture and fit it in an environmentally friendly way into the unique nature of the Ukrainian Carpathians.

Central Park by Archimatika // Kyiv - Located in Kyiv’s most prestigious central district - Pechersk, it remains hidden from noisy motor thoroughfares and pedestrian flows. A business-class residential complex in Kyiv’s most prestigious central district, Pechersk. This project is the trendsetter in its category: the complex’s three high-rise sections and a huge lobby space. The architects came up with the idea of making outreaching glass facades to make sure that nothing obstructs glass plates, thus creating a visual impression of lightness and dynamicity.

Super Patio by Drozdov&Partners // Odesa region - The edge of the Super Patio house overlooking the sea goes up, forming a two-layered structure. All major rooms maintain a relationship with the sea: both the bedrooms upstairs and all the common spaces for the family use on the ground floor. To create a holistic form, the facade is covered with lock-seamed zinc-titan plates; its open parts are glazed. The internal elements are made of steel, wood, and glass.

Carat by Drozdov&Partners // Kharkiv - A multi-family house is located on the slope of the central historical hill of the city. One of the assignments for the project was to integrate the building into the existing scale and parcelling of the surrounding development making maximum use of the challenging terrain. The terraced building gradually follows the hill, which facilitates the access and guarantees maximum exposure of the living quarters to the southern area of the city.