House Behind the Wall

The building was designed on a fairly spacious, flat plot away from the main road. Its shape was the result of secondary ownership divisions and the established internal access roads. The northern border collides with the access road to neighboring properties, disrupting the continuity of the fencing. Therefore, the architects decided not to fence off the northern part of the plot, while keeping the neighbor's fence line. It made it possible to locate the designed building directly in the fence line, as if "on the wall". In this way, the external wall has become an integral part of the building, constituting the physical boundary between the public and private part of the plot.
The entrance zone to the building is marked with large glazing in the front elevation. The daytime part of the residential function is traditionally located on the ground floor. In this case, it was extended to include a studio, because both clients are designers and often work from home. On the first floor, there are three bedrooms and a bathroom that forms the night part. The garage has been hidden behind the fence line and its front elevation is finished in the same way as the fence so that it forms a coherent whole. The garage and the living room of the building were placed a little lower in order to maintain a clear horizontal division of the building without compromising its functionality. On the roof there will be a solar installation hidden behind the raised attic of the building.
The designers also decided to differentiate in the construction layer; the main body is made of reinforced concrete with a structure that goes beyond its scope of work and a part of the living room - a drained structure. The terraces surrounding the house from the south will also be wooden, allowing natural contact with the greenery in the garden. At a later stage, in the southern part of the plot, it is planned to build a small greenhouse, a vegetable garden, and a recreation and entertainment area.
A limited range of finishing materials was used. The ground floor is finished with vertical aluminum façade panels connected with large glazing and exposed wooden structure of the terrace roofing. The floor was proposed as white, finished with smooth, plastered panels made of cement panels