The main goal of the design was to fit into the historical urban estate while meeting the clients’ requirements. The house which was originally located on this plot had a gable roof and characteristic proportions of residential architecture in this area.
The main idea inside the house was to fill the virtual cubic capacity of the original house with functions grouped into three volumes that organize the interior space: the white volume – children's rooms; the concrete volume – master bedroom and office; the wooden volume – bathrooms, dressing rooms and pantry. The remaining space is an open common area.
Each space opens to the outside in different directions. This combines functions with variant framed views: the living room with the view to the garden, the dining room with the view of a terrace, the study with the window framing a tree in the garden and the children's rooms with a view to the Tricity Landscape Park. At the same time there’s a skylight on the ridge of the roof that illuminates the interior with diffused, soft, top light. The roof is covered with bright, minimalist tiles that fade into glass ones over the skylights to let the daylight into the house.
The building is formed by the shape of the original house on this plot. The main openings were cut out of the monolithic, monochromatic solid block and result from the interior functions. The elevation of the house and the wooden windows make a composition of mass and void. The wooden window shutters serve as passive air conditioning, reducing the heat passing through from the outside.
Using the natural slope of the land the garage is built underground and the majority of the remaining plot in being used as the garden.
The result is a multi-level garden with variant zones: a meadow on a slope that buffers the house and the street, a western terrace that benefits from exposure to the western sun, a private part of the garden with a lawn, a separate barbecue area and a vegetable garden. The garage and other utility rooms in the basement make a convenient support area of the house.
The materials chosen for the interior are raw and natural. They emphasize the clients’ personal taste for minimalist and honest design. In most of the rooms the floors are consistently made of delicate terrazzo with satin finish. Walls that are made of reinforced concrete are only cleaned and proofed so the raw texture is visible (concrete volume). The wall cladding and many custom-made furniture are finished with natural oak veneer (wooden body). Wood is also an important finishing element on the outside walls of the house.