The assignment of the project was a family house on a slopy plot of land on the outskirts of the village of Pernek, western Slovakia. Designed by Ján Studený and his two partners Daniel Silva, Maroš Bátora. The site is located in the natural surroundings of the Small Carpathians mountains. The main idea is to create a house that provide the observation of the almost wild forest in front of it. Something close to the hunter’s shooting box.
Photo
Alex Shoots Buildings
The positioning of the house on the site, along the road, provide the free space for garden on the plain part of the site under the slope. The house does not stand out, it adopts the mimicry of the surroundings with it’s green roof.
Our intention was to make a simple, undemanding house, that uses the terrain of the plot for its form and blends in with the environment. Provide housing with the greatest possible connection with the surrounding nature.
Ján Studený
The construction of the house is a concrete shell (without internal supports), made of monolithic concrete, which is admitted in the interior. The only facade of the house is a glass wall to the south direction, through which it communicates with its surroundings. The other facades of the house are grassed and blend in with the terrain. Architects designed the floor plan of the house in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, mirroring its longitudinal profile.
The interior space is free, divided into two floors connected by a staircase. Downstairs, in contact with the garden, is a multifunctional space in which there is a living room with a work corner and the parents’ bedroom, a kitchen with a dining room and the technical background of the house. On the upper floor there are two children’s bedrooms, a bathroom and an entrance area. All living rooms are oriented through large windows in the southern direction towards the garden and the forest.
The whole project is an example of the client participative process of the project development and implementation. The duration of the project and the inclusion of the user are important factors of the project development. The way many details were finalised originated from this participative process. This setting is based on the decision of the architect to go beyond the author project by enriching the design with the useŕs contributions based on the utility and efficiency in coordination with expenses.
Daniel Silva, Maroš Bátora
