Arina Viazenkina Portfolio

THE LABORATORY OF TASTE

BARTLETT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIT 13, YEAR 3 ACADEMIC WORK

HIGH CUISINE RESTAURANT/MUSEUM THE TASTING ROOM

LOCATION: LYON, FRANCE

Upon entering the fig and fois gras room the diner realises the room is less of a room and more of podium. A small platform sits in the centre of the room surrounded by a shallow pool of water.

The passageway becomes an architectural trigger that opens a discourse not of food and consumption, but of taste and event.

ENTRANCE ROOM BREAD AND BUTTER ROOM

Golden flutes supporting a handrail leading to a space that delights with fizzing atmosphere and golden liquidy walls. An architecture of exhuberent delight.

Melting walls meet rising floors. The kiln becomes a known mantlepiece vernacular within the space that softens to a creamy architecture. Copper columns hold the spread.

Eventually the bread cracks and opens to a velvet space. The diner is absorbed in wine-stained walls that leave the eyes drunk from chamfered pattern.

High polished chrome, patinaed bronze and handblown glass champagne flute.

THE LABORATORY OF TASTE

HIGH CUISINE RESTAURANT/MUSEUM

BARTLETT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

UNIT 13, YEAR 3 ACADEMIC WORK

LOCATION: LYON, FRANCE

The diner becomes a voyeur in a museum dedicated to taste, context and the doctrine of fine dining.

1.CHAMPAGNE ROOM, 2. BREAD AND BUTTER ROOM, 3. ENTRE ROOM, 4. SERVICES, 5. DESSERT ROOM, 6. STORAGE, 7. KITCHEN, 8. OPEN COURTYARD, 9. HOTEL ROOM, 10. SOUP ROOM.

1.BREAD AND BUTTER ROOM, 2. STAIRWAY TO THE WINE ROOM, 3. SERVICE STAIRWAY, 4. SERVICE STAIRWAY.

1:500 Section.

THE INSTITUTION OF DREAMS

BARTLETT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

UNIT 13, YEAR 3 ACADEMIC WORK

LOCATION: TRING PARK, TRING, UK

The design of the walkway is based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatskie, renowned Russian authors, «Monday starts on Saturday» and hopes to materialise the dream like experience.

The soft metal handrail.

ACTUAL AND FAIRYTALE REALITY

LOCATION: CHERTANOVO, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

‘INDUSTRY’ SCHOOL OF CINEMATOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION.

Tree generation for the fairytale world.

Procedural landscape generation.

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK LOCATION: SOCHI, RUSSIA

The key card design.

Rebranding of the luxury spa.

BARTLETT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

UNIT 6, YEAR 2 ACADEMIC WORK

LOCATION: TOLLESBURY, UK

LOCATION: LONDON, UK

Social temple of aging: a hospice/community centre. A plan for the water filtration museum.

LOCATION: SOCHI, RUSSIA @manaora.sochi

I successfully developed this well-being club over the past year and a half. As both owner and designer I was responsible for the concept design stage, through to full interior design including furniture and lighting strategies. I successfully navigated material and labour supply chains within a Russian context to deliver the project. I developed the PR and marketing strategies both for online and offline presences. Given my skills in graphic design I created the branding. I sourced and trained all staff members to deliver a unique luxury experience to our clients. After overseeing the launch I maintained my role managing the business in day to day operations, keeping track of current trends within the high end spa and well-being space, to ensure MANA’ORA’s success as a premier luxury well-being club in Sochi.

An article in a national magazine featuring my central role as Founder and CEO, managing the project and people that made MANA’ORA a key destination in Sochi to experience high end wellness treatments within a luxury setting.