At the very beginning of the weekend house’s design was client’s quite vague idea of a „Slovak traditional wooden house somewhere in the mountains of Central Slovakia“. We ran a thorough analysis of the available facts our client lives in a little village Nosice, but works in Slovak’s capital he has strong emotional bonds to that specific place (family, friends, memories...) he owns a nice area right behind his current house in Nosice (shared with his parents) overlooking the local mountains Javorniky the river Vah plus its dam is “just behind the corner” the area along the river Vah plus its dam is awaiting a strong period of growth, it offers a nice range for outdoor activities (swimming, hiking, bikes, rollerblading...) the adjacent local railway is planned to be removed in 2013 along its technical landmarks… and decided, that the most logical thing (to avoid yet more travelling with the family over the weekend) would be to build his weekend house there, where he lives, right in his existing garden in Nosice.The core of the weekend house is a two storeys high gathering/living/eating space with a tile stove. This core is functionally extended by a roofed atrium and wellness area on the ground floor and two loftlike bedrooms on the 2nd floor.The construction is made of layered and insulated wood pannels on the critical corners reinforced via steel profiles. The interior/exterior concept is based on the original idea (“traditional wooden house”) visually transformed in the fully wooden skin as from the outside (thermo pine) so from the inside (larch slabs) together with a up to date furnishing.
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