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Smartass Kharkiv

Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine

Project area: 667 sq.m

Project year: 2023

Team: Kate Kuzmenko, Alla Lytvynenko, Valeriia Dehtiarova

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Smartass Kharkiv is a traditional type of club of the Smartass chain, which includes three studios with group training, a hall for personal training and a cafe area with balanced dishes from Smartass Kitchen & Bar. The total area of ​​the space is 667 m2.

The club is located in the historical district of the central part of Kharkiv and occupies three floors of a building in the classicist style. The Smartass Design integrated an aged sheet metal portal with a minimalistic light box for the entrance area, which plays in contrast with the classical architecture and organically fits into the overall landscape of the city.

The ground floor is zoned into two parts for greater functionality: an area with double blue sofas and a more cozy area with a leather corner sofa behind a reinforced glass partition, which additionally separates the cooking area in the kitchen from the reception area.

The zoning of the cafe is emphasized by gray mosaic tiles, which, in the area of ​​the highest density of cafe visitors, partially transitions from the floor to the wall and thus performs an anti-vandal function. The rest of the floor is covered with matte tiles with imitation of concrete with a dark brown tint.

The entire area of ​​the ground floor is filled with a significant number of large windows, which fill the room with daylight. Climbing plants in hanging metal pots adds intimacy and comfort to the space, and neon signs that accompany guests on all floors, remind of the cool vibe of Smartass.

The Smartass Design team considers light to be one of the main tools of design and mood creation, so we always use multi-level sources of lighting. For example, custom-made sconces above some of the cafe tables create a more atmospheric mood in the evening and visually narrow the space, making it look cozier.

One of the focal points of the first floor is the merchandise area, which is located in the transit, immediately after the bar area. The same mosaic is used in its decoration as in the cafe area. The shelves and rail-tube for hangers are made in the Smartass feature blue and black colors.

The cafe's bathroom is decorated with custom wallpapers. To achieve the effect of an airy ceiling, communications were exposed and a mesh metal element was fixed underneath them. Along the perimeter of the ceiling an amber-colored LED strip was mounted. In combination with blue neon writings on the wall near the washbasin, we got a shade of purple that creates an unexpected lighting effect throughout the room.

On the lower ground floor there are two changing rooms, a Personal training studio, Boxing studio and Games studio.

The staircase area leading to the lower ground floor, as well as the corridor, is filled with mirror installations, punny colored neon signs and graphic inscriptions on the walls.

The floor of the lower ground floor corridor in the common areas is covered with porcelain stoneware with navigational orange lines.

Changing rooms

Personal training studio

Boxing studio

Games studio

The transit area between the ground floor and first floor is made of poured concrete. On the staircase between the floors there is a large window to the full height of both floors, in the alignment of which we placed a mirrored neon inscription that is readable both from in and out.

The transit area is also filled with a large number of plants in concrete pots with LED strip lighting.

The entire first floor of the club is occupied by the Barre studio. This is the only studio with windows and access to daylight. The floor is laid with natural parquet, the walls are lined with many bronze-toned mirrors, in which, thanks to the shade of the mirrors and specially placed light, the body looks more tanned and sculpted. As in the rest of the halls, there are colored light scenarios here, which trainers use to interact with the nervous system of the guests and create the desired emotion or reaction of the body.