Second Prize in the Unlimited Architecture category
Finalist status, graphic tablet for the architect,
Bluebeam program, subscription to Elle Decoration magazine
Winner
Monika Kalita (Poland)
project
Home for living in harmony
author's description
A house for living in harmony supports its inhabitants and promotes the achievement of life balance. It was created with respect for nature and is in a synergistic relationship with it - what is outside affects the interior of the house and the people living in it, what is inside affects the outside. The inside and outside support each other.
In order to preserve the existing stand of trees, the house was designed as a complex of 7 free-standing buildings on a circular plan, each of which serves as a domestic room. The blocks were founded on a wooden platform placed on stilts. This allowed to minimize interference with the forest land. The design involves the use of natural materials: moonwood construction, hemp block walls and clay. Each freestanding room differs in the color of the interior and facade. Tubądzin tiles in the shape of hexagons (Cielo e Terra collection by Dorota Koziara) were used on the exterior. This made it possible to achieve a tree bark effect on the round houses. On the roof, smooth tiles properly cut and matched to the round plane were laid. A mosaic in the form of a flower was laid on the floors in the interiors. The tiles are from the same collection. In the design of the house for living in harmony, I used an unusual approach to the existing space, as well as an original way of arranging the tiles, which exposes their quality. I also used all available colors of tiles from the selected collection.
jury's opinion
Second place went to a Pole who proposed an extremely innovative architectural formula. In her vision, Monika Kalita referred to the abundance of natural structures and materials that become an integral part of the design. The complex of seven domed buildings built on a special wooden platform emphasizes the integrity of nature and man. To decorate the streamlined volumes, the winner used tiles from Dorota Koziara's Cielo e Terra collection.
