The house is located in one of Krakow’s districts – Wola Justowska. The task set for Horizone Studio was to design a compact, comfortable house for a family of four, which would use several ecological construction solutions.
In our opinion, the plot on which the house was to be built was unfriendly, relatively small, with a large neighbor’s house on the south side, which took away the daylight and attractive view. We were also bothered by the chaos of the forms of the neighboring buildings, caused by their different sizes and different roof shapes. Therefore, we decided to move the center of life of the designed house to its central part, composed around a small atrium.
The house’s living area is 180 m2, plus a garage and an underground part with a gym, laundry room and technical room. The individual floors are connected by a simple, openwork staircase. The appropriate amount of light is provided by a large glazing, facing in such a way that there is no worry about overheating the house.
An attractive accent that lets sunlight deep into the central part is a skylight located above the stairs. The house was made of wooden, prefabricated modular elements using HausWerk technology, which, after being manufactured in the factory, were assembled on the construction site in a relatively short time.
