LIGHT CAVE

NUTRO Studio presents a new project — a three-room apartment LIGHT CAVE in Kyiv, implemented in 2026. The client was a young progressive man who appreciates practicality and character in details — it was this request that determined the main vector of the project.
The interior is based on the studio’s original philosophy of “inhabited cave”. Stone here is the basic material of the space: large-format Atlas Concorde porcelain stoneware forms monolithic surfaces of the kitchen island, countertops, walls and bedroom headboard, and the minimization of seams creates the effect of a solid stone massif. This materiality is balanced by warm walnut veneer, which adds tactility and temperature balance to the space.
“The project was born in the context of wartime Kyiv, so the home here is conceived as an autonomous, collected, protected space. “Light cave” is not a metaphor, but a response to current reality,” says Olena Andriyeva, CEO and co-founder of NUTRO studio.
One of the key solutions of the project is scenario-based multi-level lighting: a magnetic track system, spotlights, lighting inside furniture and behind stone. Instead of uniform overhead light, there is depth and contrast that change the atmosphere of the space throughout the day.
The apartment is organized as a sequence of mood-controlled zones. The hallway welcomes you with a monochrome, quiet space with a chamber stone niche for the transition from the urban rhythm to privacy. The living room with kitchen is the main large-scale space, where a stone island and functional appliances from Bosch, Siemens and Elica are combined with a soft area for living and socializing. The master bedroom is built around a massive stone headboard with backlighting, and the bathroom with Villeroy & Boch and Sanycces Loop plumbing is designed as a home spa space.
The apartment also features a separate office with a Herman Miller Asari chair — a collected, focused place to work — and a guest room, designed as discreetly as possible, without any unnecessary details.
“There are no random solutions here — only materials, light, and proportions that shape a new quality of life,” concludes Danylo Goncharenko, art director and co-founder of NUTRO studio.