Russian studio Atrium has designed the Gorki House, a contemporary single-family residence for a young couple with a child. According to the architects, “Their only wish was to have a contemporary piece of architecture. The site is situated not far from Moscow to the west.”
Gorki House: A Contemporary Residence Near Moscow By Atrium:
Gorki’s contemporary house is positioned atop a hill surrounded by pine trees. The site has three directions with beautiful views, but the north view is worse, so the architects decided to close it off. This provoked the idea of a folded plane lifted slightly above the ground, forming the house’s space. It creates various inner and outer spaces that serve the usual dwelling functions.
At the same time, the building is open to the sunlight, with windows throughout oriented towards natural light. You can feel the structure of folding in the house because of the open space plan where public zones flow into private areas and vice-versa.
The cladding on the outside and the inside is the same. By observing the exterior of a building, we can anticipate what lies within. Just as the wood on the outside suggests a warm and natural interior, the design of the windows in the bathroom showcases the beauty and creativity of architecture. The careful placement of glued glass angles adds a touch of elegance and wonder to this space.
The Architects worked primarily on the thickness of this plane (660 cm) to make it elegant and functional simultaneously, as the cantilever of the roof above the terraces is about five meters long.
The folded theme also became the site’s style, so all services look like the main building. There is a car shed and a Russian bath. The last building is partly hidden in the landscape, so its roof is an observation platform. In winter, it becomes a skating rink.
Photos by: Yuri Palmin, Anton Nadtochiy
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