Forest
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Project • By TAPO Tomioka Architectural Planning Office • Private Houses
Villa in Fuji
It is a villa built on a slope located in the larch forest that extends in the northern foot of Mt. Fuji. The living room with a large window that can overlook the larch forest in front of the square plan plan has a spacious ceiling height of about 5 meters, and the dining room is surrounded by a fireplace with a glass opening on two sides. It is connected with the kitchen. The 3 bedrooms are on the north side of the building across the corridor behind the living room. A powder bathroom is located on the south side.Outside on the south side facing the living room and the bathroom, there is an open deck space of about 20 tatami surrounded by trees, and the large window of the living room is opened and used together with the deck space. Is po... More
Project • By BoysPlayNice • Private Houses
Ark-shelter
“Into the wild”Nowadays we live in a world where we are extremely busy and from time to time we need to escape from it. Escape from the stress, duties and civilizations back to our roots where it all started. The past 3 years we have been working on re-designing, building and testing different types of Ark-Shelters. We want to create a place that gives you comfort in the heart of the nature and gives you the perfect setting for a detox of your mind.From this perspective we created a new Shelter type: “into the wild cabin”. With his 5 openings all around we wanted to create a visual focus of the nature all around. Each opening brings in another atmosphere of the nature.There is a big openable wall side and the big front glazing makes you fee... More
Project • By AUM Pierre Minassian • Private Houses
La Mira Ra
La Mira Ra house, located in the South of France, is the fruit of a long reflection about the marriage of the wild nature of the Mediterranean and the minimalist purity of contemporary architecture - a marriage resulting in a unique architectural project. Realized between 2015 and 2017 by Pierre Minassian and his team of architects, today the house offers its inhabitants an intimate opening towards the sea.The integration of the project in its environment and their cohabitation were the two key elements in the design of the project. Located in a classified site, this private domain is under the obligation to include the use of the local stone in all its constructions. This requirement coupled with the love of the architect for the peacefuln... More
Project • By Dellekamp • Art Galleries
Studio Roel
This project was made for an artist and good friend who came with the intent of building a studio / gallery in the middle of the forest, 45 kilometers from the center of Mexico City and a few minutes from a town called Cruz Blanca, in Cuajimalpa.Monumental and respectful, the visible structure is placed in the thicket of the forest. Its lyrical relation with the environment encourages dialogue with the volume; a grid of columns and beams surrounding it act as a skeleton, but at the same time modulate and order space.Low budget, spaciousness, simplicity, and tranquility were the key concepts that set out clearly the priority assumptions of the project.We obtained a budget of $ 75,000 dollars for the construction of this space with a carving,... More
Project • By Yakusha Design • Individual Buildings
House in the forest
"House in the Forest" is a place where you can spend weekends with family near the fireplace, with friends around the campfire, or just relax from the bustle, listening to the sound of the waterfall.We like to create modern and eco-friendly architecture. We learn a lot from nature, from the landscape, from the city, which define what dimensions could be entered into this environment. With each object we are on the increase and strive to create an organic and functional architecture. We learn the needs of each client and create a stylish space with character. More
Project • By BoysPlayNice • Housing
Two Houses, Deers and Trees
The rising interest in countryside houses is mostly linked to the attempt to balance the rushed city life and also to a desire for something authentic and traditional. But paradoxically this desired character of vernacular architecture is often removed by an overly precise reconstruction and standardized building solutions. Generally it is a challenge how to provide the current level of comfort and at the same time to preserve the original feel of the building. Furthermore, what if the former house must be almost all replaced due to its bad technical condition - does it make sense to repeat it and in what extent? At the end it's not so relevant to distinguish the old and new, the essential is the resulting mood of the whole...
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Project • By BoysPlayNice • Housing
Forest Fairy
Villa stands at the corner of huge, deep floodplain forest close to Prague. Our clients picked awesome place, in the middle of the woods, situated close to very old village, which was historically used as source of workers for emperor forests.
Huge inspiration was the surroundings. Meanwhile the organic shape of roof is weaving through the trees, bottom part was designed with respect of fascinating views to the woods.
The roof covers two houses. The first one is tiny and hides atelier, visitor part and garage. The second one is full-fledged house for family. In the bottom part is situated generous residential area with living room, kitchen, workroom and master bedroom. Upstairs follows up on bottom disposition by the children rooms w... More
Project • By Atelier Barda architecture • Private Houses
Chalet Forestier
The Chalet Forestier by Atelier Barda is an easy-to-maintain secondary house located on the eastern face of Mount Pinnacle in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
When the clients, city dwellers, decided to build their secondary residence near Montreal for weekends and holidays, they chose a woodland site on the eastern face of Mount Pinnacle in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Their requirements were modest : they wanted an easy-to-maintain chalet, largely open to surrounding nature. Chalet Forestier outlines a large volume composed of three programmatic spaces : parent/living, loggia and children’s areas. The plan intentionally requires the residents to go through the outside in order to move from one space to another, bringing them closer to th... More
Project • By CHYBIK + KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS • Community Centres
Forestry in the Forest
When visiting the LČR grounds, we realised an important the vital fact that shaped our thinking from the outset about designing a new administrative centre from the beginning to the end. After visiting the campus, we decided to explore the immediate surroundings and the journey took us across the bridge directly to the Hradec forest. It was a warm summer day, and the contrast between the temperature in the heated environment between the buildings and the entrance into the cool forest was quite obvious. We asked ourselves what we really are forced to work in the hot interior when it would be best to take your laptop among the trees and work in an environment full of peace ? Peace. Our concepts became the phenomenon of the forest as a workpla... More
Project • By Metcalfe Architecture & Design • Housing
Spence House
Soaring ceilings, sustainable materials, and bursts of interior color make this a simple and comfortable home in the woods. The house is designed as a sequence of spaces that provide intimate and expansive indoor and outdoor views for the owner’s daily movements from garage to interior and outdoor spaces. More