House in the landscape
maciej lulko
Product Spec Sheet

ElementBrandProduct Name
Furniture5mm
WINDOWSALIPLAST ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS
Heat pompAlpha Innotec
lightsAQForm
wall constructionGrupa Silikaty
Triple glazingPilkington

Product Spec Sheet
Furniture
by 5mm
Heat pomp
lights
by AQForm
wall construction
Triple glazing

„House in the landscape”

kropka studio as Architects

House is situated next to Zawiercie, on a longish, slightly sloping site, in the buffer zone of the Eagles' Nests natural landscape park. It is set in green surroundings dominated by agricultural use. Old stone church, towering ruins of Morsko and Ogrodzieniec castles, Monadnocks scattered around - rising several meters above the surrounding terrain… In this picturesque scenery, using simply shaped volumes and local materials „ House in the….” is trying to become an integral part of its surrounding and to fit well into the landscape.


The house consists of two main volumes -residential zone and two-cars garage, which are connected by openwork, wooden link. It unifies the two separate volumes, allowing light into small courtyard in between


After the Dominus winery ( Herzog & de Meuron ) and Gabion House ( Titus Bernhard ) gabions became frequently used by architects. In this case the main part of the building is finished with gabion baskets ( filled with local limestone) used as an outer skin – kind of camouflage to blend the house in with the landscape. „Bedroom cube” and the triangle bay are made of wooden slats.


As a roofing graphite, titanium-zinc sheets with standing seam cladding was used.


On the L-shape ground floor there is main living space area an open kitchen and private part with master bedroom, its bathroom and wardobe. On the top floor two bedrooms and a smaller bathroom are located.


The most striking part, is a day zone, which is double-height open space. Big windows present carefully framed views and give a great insight to a southern west situated garden.


The property is heated by a heat pump. It is also equipped with mechanical ventilation with heat recovery and triple glazed windows.

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