Auto-family house in central poland by KWK PROMES

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Autofamily house represents a new way of thinking about the entrance area in a suburban residence. We usually enter the house by a car, using the garage integrated in main solid. The main entrance is rarely used. Nowadays the cars are becoming cleaner and more eco-friendly, hence the idea emerged to include the garage into the representative entrance area.

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• Architects: KWK PROMES
• Project: Auto-family house
• Location: central poland
• Photography: juliusz sokołowski, olo studio
• Author: robert konieczny
• Collaboration: katarzyna furgalińska, magdalena adamczak, łukasz marciniak
• Structural engineering: kornel szyndler
• Installations: tb-projekt
• Client: private
• Site area: 5055m2
• Usable floor area: 990m2
• Project: 2007
• Construction: 2009-2012
• Publications: zeppelin 03 2013, mark magazine 02/03 2013
• Awards: nomination for mies van der rohe award 2013
• Exhibitions: logic of space 11/12 2011

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As a result, a new type of a family house emerged. In the Autofamily House the entrance area and the driveway get transformed into an unique multifunctional space and the moment of driving in the house become a pleasant experience. The terrain is leveled in order to obtain two zones: the driveway space and the private garden. The driveway is left on the ground level and the house with intimate garden is lifted 3 meters above and separated by a retaining wall.

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As to comfort access to the building, in meaning of parking the car on the level of living room, a route connecting the two levels were designed. However, to avoid dividing the garden, the driveway is covered with a green roof and finished with walls serving as borderlines. The result is a tunnel emerging in the garden, becoming a house. The owner is an art collector so the tunnel is also used as a gallery of his paintings collection.

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Image Courtesy © juliusz sokołowski

Image Courtesy © juliusz sokołowski

Image Courtesy © juliusz sokołowski

Image Courtesy © juliusz sokołowski

Image Courtesy © juliusz sokołowski

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Tags: central poland

Category: House

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