IDEAS THAT GROW
Anastasia Rachkovskaya’s portfolio
ANASTASIA RACHKOVSKAYA
Interior & Spatial Design
Welcome to my world!
Six projects. Six design challenges.
Selected Academic Projects · 2025–2026 ·
Explore how I turn ideas into spaces…
A little about the person behind these spaces.
Hi, I’m Anastasia, an Interior and Environment Design student at HSE Art and Design School.I work on public interiors, exhibitions and public spaces. I’m interested in how the character of a place or a cultural reference can become the starting point for a design.I develop ideas through research, layouts, drawings and 3D visualisation. I’m looking to join a design team where I can contribute to concept development and spatial design, and learn through shared practice.
Step inside a project.
Each building holds a different design question,
and a closer look at how I work.
TAKE A LOOK AROUND!01 / YUTORI Retreat Hotel From a site layout to the details of a room.02 / YUTORI Restaurant Different dining experiences within one concept.03 / Sit into an Era An exhibition that tells a story through furniture.04 / Museum of St Petersburg’s Urban Environment A building shaped by its subject.05 / Shlisselburg Lock New uses for a historic setting.06 / Waltz Line My 3D contribution to a team competition project.
01 / YUTORI RETREAT HOTEL
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«How can I bring people together while giving them space to retreat?»
THE TASK Design a retreat with shared facilities, private accommodation and a connection to the landscape.MY STARTING POINT I took the Japanese concept of yutori, understood as room for a pause, as a starting point for the project. It guided how I approached the balance between shared activities and time alone.[Individual academic project · Bakhchysarai District, Crimea]
MAKING SPACE FOR BOTH
I grouped shared facilities in the main building
and developed separate guest houses.
Routes between them connect accommodation, activities and the surrounding landscape.
Within the main building, I worked on the relationships between reception, shared rooms, terraces and covered passages.
FROM THE SITE TO THE ROOM
I continued the idea through the guest-house layouts, wood finishes, muted colours and filtered light. Repeated architectural elements connect the separate buildings with their interiors.I developed YUTORI from the overall arrangement of the retreat to the spaces inside a guest house, using plans and 3D views to explain the proposal.View full project ↗
02 / YUTORI RESTAURANT
«How can I offer different ways to share a meal?»
THE TASK Develop a restaurant for the YUTORI retreat, including dining areas and the facilities needed to support them.MY STARTING POINT I wanted to carry the retreat’s idea of a pause into the dining experience, with different settings for gathering, watching food preparation and private meals.[Individual academic project · Golubinka, Crimea]
