Project
SPYGLASS Country Residence
Category
Best Project of Private Residence
About the project (provided by the applicant)
A new, unconventional project for a country residence—especially on a narrow, elongated plot—always presents a creative challenge. The old fishing homestead near Azov allows for such plot divisions. The picturesque location, river access, and surrounding blooming fruit orchards provide ideal seclusion for a city dweller.
The architectural concept contrasts pseudo-historical construction with alternating internal courtyards and a light, modern structure on thin, almost invisible supports, appearing like a UFO landed on the site. The narrow layout determined sequential functional zones: garage, entrance area, kitchen/living/dining space, inner courtyard, swimming pool, fire pit, barbecue area, and private pier with water access. Family bedrooms are located on the second floor. This unfolding principle of living spaces reminded the architects of the opening and closing of a spyglass, inspiring the residence’s name: SPYGLASS.
Location
Ust-Koyzug Khutor, Rostov Region, Russia
Project design year
2023
Extra visual materials
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/6uv8_h0vBG1C5Q
Applicant
Andrey Alekseevich Doinitsyn, Individual Entrepreneur
Andrey Alekseevich Doinitsyn is an architect who graduated from the Rostov Architectural Institute. He has been designing independently since 2000 and is a lecturer and associate professor at the Academy of Architecture and Arts, Southern Federal University. He is a member of the Union of Architects of Russia and has been awarded the Medal “For Distinguished Work for the Benefit of the Don Region” and the “Person of the Year 2022 — Architect of the Year” Diploma by the Government of Rostov Region. He also serves as an advisor to the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAASN).
Authors of the project
Andrey Doinitsyn, Vladislav Repenko
Visualization
OOO “Novaya RASA”
Status of the project
Conceptual design
