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Description from A69 Architects:
The purpose of the project was the construction of a self-contained
dwelling unit in the garden of the recently reconstructed house. It was
necessary to deal with the dominance of the opposite panel house
facade, avoid confrontation with the architecture of the original house
and find out a solution that would not parasite on the garden area. The
already existing fragments of the reconstruction of the original house
became the starting point of the project: the set-in concrete slab with
an out-placed exterior staircase, the wall by the entrance gateway and
the parking lanes limited by the gabions. The existing walls made up
from cement bricks in the direction of the planes X and Y were
completed in the project with the horizontal slab in the plane Z. This
slab became the main space organizational element and carrier of the
fundamental motive; hole in the form of an ovoid. The slab is a
horizontal boundary-line and all the vertical relations are related to
it. Its subtlety defines the new building against the compact façade
rendering architecture of the existing house. It covers and unifies a
number of functions; garages and storeroom of bicycles, access terrace
with a storm lobby, main dwelling space, living terrace and the
fencing. The ovoid in this slab defines a focus around which the new
house unwinds. It defines ego of the house, the fundamental of which is
not the architectural, but the natural space of the original garden
with preserved full-grown trees. All the energy has been concentrated
to this focus to create a psychological barrier against the dominance
of the opposite prefabricated façade. The space and the light are
escaping from the micro world of the garden through the distances and
loopholes between the loosely composed slabs.
The house itself is, on the contrary strictly limited by the
functional blocks. From the large entrance hall you will enter the
autonomic study and the private zone. The private zone is strictly
divided into intimate and social parts. Intimate spaces are oriented on
the eastern facade with an own terrace, the social rooms into the
atrium of the garden. The kitchen cabin in the form of a block is
connected directly to the social spaces. The dining and living halls
have character of a glassed pavilion – winter garden. The fragile space
of it is enforced with a screen of the horizontal wall with a symbol of
home – fireplace. It is connected directly to the covered living
terrace.
As a compensation of the built-up area of the house originated a
roof garden connected vertically to the apartment in the upper storey
of the original reconstructed house.
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