Architects: Roman & Dmytro Seliuk
Area: 256 m²
Year: 2025
Photographs: Dmytro Seliuk
Category: Hospitality Architecture, Cabins & Lodges
Design Team: Roman & Dmytro Seliuk
City: Kyiv
Country: Ukraine
Modular Housing System for Hospitality, a prefabricated micro-architecture project developed in Kyiv, has redefined the spatial logic of small-scale tourist accommodations in natural settings. Installed in a park within an exhibition complex, the hotel introduces twelve spatial combinations made from mono-functional modules. The design enables flexible placement between trees and within tight topographies by employing modularity through two unit sizes and transparent connectors. Inspired by childhood experiences of tents and handmade shelters, the architecture merges nostalgic typologies with futuristic material contrasts. Each module has four directional openings and a roof light, enclosed by a corten steel mesh shell elevated on slender frames. The mesh evokes fabric animated by wind and diffuses night light outward, shifting visual focus from windows to volumetric glow. The modules maintain a consistent artistic logic while adapting compositionally to diverse site conditions, using glass transitions that allow angular shifts and asymmetry. The result is a lightweight structural system embedded sensitively into forested environments.
The Modular Housing System for Hospitality is conceived as a series of compact dwelling units designed to integrate with garden, park, or forest environments. The project draws on early memories of tent holidays and improvised childhood shelters made from branches, serving as both formal and emotional references.
The structural system is based on two principles: mono-function and variation. Each module is designed to support a single function, with size differences aligned to spatial needs. The system allows unlimited configurations using larger and smaller modules, offering flexibility for constrained sites.
Connection between units is achieved through transparent joints—glass floors, walls, and ceilings—which act as a third module. These connectors allow shifts in alignment between modules, creating asymmetric combinations that visually echo randomly arranged tents in a forest.
The architecture establishes contrast as its design strategy—between memory and projection, between natural surroundings and manufactured materials. The tent-like structure consists of a light primary shell wrapped in a translucent corten steel mesh. During the day, this mesh resembles tent fabric lifted by wind around openings and transitions. Thin vertical frames, echoing twigs, elevate the mesh above the primary volume, softening the silhouette against the landscape. At night, internal lighting transforms the mesh into a glowing surface. The glow relocates the visual emphasis from window apertures to the tent-like envelope, reinforcing the project’s immersive character. The material strategy enables the shell to reflect seasonal and diurnal light conditions, enhancing its environmental resonance.
Each module includes four directional openings and a roof window, facilitating visual and physical connection with the surroundings. The modular logic enables multiple layouts while preserving a cohesive artistic intent. The first full installation of this system comprises twelve units, situated within a densely planted park in Kyiv, and demonstrates the system’s capacity to integrate sensitively into wooded terrain.
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Address: Kyiv, Ukraine
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