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The Black Barn
Slovenia
Project Featured on Dec 21, 2018
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
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The owner is a successful Slovenian businessman who spends some of his spare time in the countryside. The property is situated on the edge of a small village on top of a hill, and consists of farm land, forest, a residential building, a barn house, an apiary, and a wooden pavilion used as a tool shack. The client decided to replace the broken-down barn house with a new, multifunctional building, a sort of “modern Slovenian hayrack." The building is intended for dispensing honey, sorting, handling and drying fruit, and storage of crops and tools, while the spacious ground floor is intended as a meeting place to host partners from abroad and celebrate family events.
Although the client’s idea of a modern hayrack, which would function both as a barn house and prominent protocol house, seemed controversial at first, it revealed the great archetypal and development potential inherent in the structure of the hayrack in Slovenian cultural awareness. Professor Marjan Mušič compared hayracks with Greek temples due to their architectural purity, antique origin, and monumentality. In terms of size, position and importance, the hayrack was a central structure of a homestead and was a source of livelihood. This is where their almost sacred character stems from.
The beauty of hayracks should not be sought in luxurious décor but rather in their proportions, harmony of strict lines, functional credibility, and installation in space, giving their surroundings a monumental character. This concept originates in antiquity, but still has the expressive power for the modern times and new tasks.
The building was placed at the end of a "pier" that borders the small village; from this site, panoramic views of the picturesque surroundings open up. Together with the residential building and the wooden pavilion, this plot of land forms a large inner grassy courtyard for the homestead. The building has a semi-dug-in basement, a ground floor, and an attic. The construction basis is similar to that of the double hayrack with stone corner pillars. The corners of the new building feature four strong corner pillar structures, with a 12-meter bridge construction placed in between, thus allowing large unified spaces on the ground floor and in the attic. The construction is reinforced concrete with steel roofing.
The basement, accessible via pathway directly from the farm land, is designed for dispensing and storing honey, pressing and storing fruit, storing tools, and similar functions. The basement also features a heat pump for heating and cooling the building, as well as a basement bathroom with a sauna.
The ground floor of the building is almost empty, as in a hayrack. There is also a handy open kitchen, a fireplace, the entrance hall, and a staircase connecting all three floors. The ground floor is glazed, with large sliding doors that can open wide to connect the ground floor with the natural environment of the backyard.
The first floor is mostly empty. In the summer, the large space is intended for various farm chores, but in the winter, it is used as a billiard room and fitness space. The first floor also features a mini guest bedroom with bathroom and a storage room.
The dimensions, appearance, color, and logic of inner division of the building are based on the tradition of the hayrack. The dark façade is similar to old wooden barn houses in the immediate surroundings, allowing discreet inclusion of the photovoltaic roofing into the basic volume of the building. Due to the photovoltaic panels, snow guards are replaced by wide jutting roofs placed above the ground-floor openings. The interior is covered with bright ash panels, giving the impression that the interior is hollowed from a single piece of wood. Furniture is simple and accents the clean lines of the spaces.
Even though the building is intended for the agricultural activities of the homestead, it is also an elegant "protocol" and symbolic architectural creation. With it, the owner wishes to express a respectful attitude towards Slovenian cultural heritage and Slovenian constructional and architectural tradition and to the way in which buildings are placed into the environment. The bold construction of hayracks gives this new building an air of nobility, in harmony with the picturesque landscape of the surrounding pastoral scenery.
Although the client’s idea of a modern hayrack, which would function both as a barn house and prominent protocol house, seemed controversial at first, it revealed the great archetypal and development potential inherent in the structure of the hayrack in Slovenian cultural awareness. Professor Marjan Mušič compared hayracks with Greek temples due to their architectural purity, antique origin, and monumentality. In terms of size, position and importance, the hayrack was a central structure of a homestead and was a source of livelihood. This is where their almost sacred character stems from.
The beauty of hayracks should not be sought in luxurious décor but rather in their proportions, harmony of strict lines, functional credibility, and installation in space, giving their surroundings a monumental character. This concept originates in antiquity, but still has the expressive power for the modern times and new tasks.
The building was placed at the end of a "pier" that borders the small village; from this site, panoramic views of the picturesque surroundings open up. Together with the residential building and the wooden pavilion, this plot of land forms a large inner grassy courtyard for the homestead. The building has a semi-dug-in basement, a ground floor, and an attic. The construction basis is similar to that of the double hayrack with stone corner pillars. The corners of the new building feature four strong corner pillar structures, with a 12-meter bridge construction placed in between, thus allowing large unified spaces on the ground floor and in the attic. The construction is reinforced concrete with steel roofing.
The basement, accessible via pathway directly from the farm land, is designed for dispensing and storing honey, pressing and storing fruit, storing tools, and similar functions. The basement also features a heat pump for heating and cooling the building, as well as a basement bathroom with a sauna.
The ground floor of the building is almost empty, as in a hayrack. There is also a handy open kitchen, a fireplace, the entrance hall, and a staircase connecting all three floors. The ground floor is glazed, with large sliding doors that can open wide to connect the ground floor with the natural environment of the backyard.
The first floor is mostly empty. In the summer, the large space is intended for various farm chores, but in the winter, it is used as a billiard room and fitness space. The first floor also features a mini guest bedroom with bathroom and a storage room.
The dimensions, appearance, color, and logic of inner division of the building are based on the tradition of the hayrack. The dark façade is similar to old wooden barn houses in the immediate surroundings, allowing discreet inclusion of the photovoltaic roofing into the basic volume of the building. Due to the photovoltaic panels, snow guards are replaced by wide jutting roofs placed above the ground-floor openings. The interior is covered with bright ash panels, giving the impression that the interior is hollowed from a single piece of wood. Furniture is simple and accents the clean lines of the spaces.
Even though the building is intended for the agricultural activities of the homestead, it is also an elegant "protocol" and symbolic architectural creation. With it, the owner wishes to express a respectful attitude towards Slovenian cultural heritage and Slovenian constructional and architectural tradition and to the way in which buildings are placed into the environment. The bold construction of hayracks gives this new building an air of nobility, in harmony with the picturesque landscape of the surrounding pastoral scenery.
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