A grid facade of fiber cement, glass and huge blinds defines this home in western Slovakia, designed by native studio Beef Architekti.
Named Home of Grid, the single-story home within the metropolis of Trnava is designed to offer a seamless connection between its inside and exterior areas.
Beef Architekti lined the facade with giant louvered colonnades that open the areas behind them into “exterior rooms” to be used within the sizzling summer season months whereas offering photo voltaic shading.
In between, pale fiber cement covers the load-bearing partitions and columns, designed for a minimalist look that stands out in its environment.
“The intention was to create a beneficiant spatial framework with a seamless visible axis working from the doorway to the backyard,” the studio advised Dezeen.
“The home stands out within the native context for its austerity and purity,” he continued.
Inside, the Home of Grid comprises a dwelling, eating and kitchen house and two bedrooms. They’re positioned round a courtyard with a mature tree and stepping stones, harking back to a Japanese rock backyard.
Upon entry, the corridor leads on to the open-plan dwelling house and the colonnade past, emphasizing the visible and bodily connection between the inside and the backyard.
The inside is completed with various textures of marble, oak and painted and milled MDF, giving a heat and pure look to all areas.
“Prolonged wall surfaces, flooring and built-in furnishings are articulated by way of a play of fabric textures,” stated Beef Architekti. “Clean surfaces alternate with textured finishes, making a play of contrasts.”
Beef Architekti is a Slovak structure studio based by Rado Buzinkay and Andrej Ferenčík.
Different Slovak homes featured on Dezeen embody a transformed outdated mill and farmhouse by RDTH Architekti and a trapezoidal constructing framing forest views by Ksa Studený.
The photograph is by Matej Hakár.