Art
Artistic design of
the house is a combination of simple layout of the house with clear functioning
of it and a facade composed of various shape and color wooden patchworks. Practically
all types of trimming are being implemented here.
a) traditional wooden overlapping planks as well as
just wooden planks;b) modern molded board, forged square timber;
c) unconventional trimming for which spade hafts and
square timber of various section were implemented;
To reach desirable
effect trimming fragments were painted in different shades of brown and were
fixed at various angles so that the same fragments would reflect the sunlight
in different ways.
The source of it
goes back to Soviet era style, when private house construction industry used to
be rundown and backward, which can be explained by many reasons. Those who
managed to build so called “dachas” implemented practically all handy materials
which happened to be available. As a result the houses looked like patched
blankets consisting of different fragments which clearly showed who the owner
of the “dacha” were precisely at the moment of construction.
Function
The design
envisages comfortable living of two adult couples-parents and grown up children
if to work at home and permanently live here. Apart from this the family hosts
a few guests too. So the house looks like this:
1st floor: kitchen and adjusting dining
room, quests room, boiler room, bath and shower, summer veranda.
2nd floor: two bedrooms, two wardrobe
rooms, washing room, two toilet and shower rooms.
3d floor: work shop or studio, sauna, summer veranda,
toilet and shower room
Conditions
The plot where the
future summer cottage was planned to be built is located quite near the Volga River
in a small village in Tverskaya Region, Konakovsky District and is on the way
to Saint Petersburg, 140 km from Moscow.
The blocked
foundation of 6,500 mm times 8,700 mm size was already laid there. Thus it set
the gabarit size of future cottage (Russians call them “dacha”). Extra supports
were specially made for open space terrace and shed.
Frame and wainscot
technology was implemented in the construction. Panels being heated by
insulation materials and pellicle are made from squared timber 140mm times 45mm
size which are inside and outside trimmed by OSB followed by finishing.
Why three levels
cottage? Firstly, terrific view of the Volga is available only when one is on
the 3d floor. Secondly, hardly would it be possible to place all purpose rooms
only on two floors.