Sunk in the forest, the single-story house designed by the Kruk Rasztawicki Architects studio team, mysteriously named MP_II, has a certain Japanese flair. The low block, somewhat hidden behind the trees, blends in with the natural landscape, partly inviting it in, and in places closing in, giving safe shelter to the householders.
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house covers a multi-pitch roof with a low pitch angle
vision: Dig Group © Kruk Rasztawicki Architects
The one-story block is inscribed in an L-shaped plan. Its main core is a compact usable part, while in the perpendicularly located zone the architects have placed a spacious, open living area, whose huge glazing allows one to admire the views and allows access to a wooden terrace. This terrace, in other parts slightly narrower, surrounds the whole building, and its shape is repeated by the eaves of the roof protruding beyond the body of the building, supported in some places by regularly spaced wooden pillars.
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It is the low-angled multi-pitched roof that is the main protagonist of the house - and on top of it - a narrow, elongated skylight above the corridor, repeating the L-shape already known from the plan, bringing sunlight into the interior during the day, and at night - allowing to admire the stars.
By moving the block back from the eaves, supporting the canopy on wooden posts, using narrow vertical wooden planks on the facade and large glazing, the design team of Sopot-based Kruk Rasztawicki Architects added a certain lightness to the block, despite the apparent massiveness that closes the building from the top of the fifth elevation.
view of the building's glazed facade
vision: Dig Group © Kruk Rasztawicki Architects
The overall design, although modern, uses natural materials and traditional solutions, and above all seems to give way to existing trees and does not interfere too much with the surroundings. The interior design was prepared by the ManaDesign studio.