HOUSE BETWEEN THE TREES in Bratislava, Slovakia by Architekti SEBO LICHY

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Steep terrain with three robust chestnut trees, which owners decided to preserve. This is how the property on which a unique family house was to be built looked at the beginning. Architects from Šebo Lichýˈs atelier took the challenge and designed a genuine construction inspired by famous Tugendhat villa.

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• Architects: Architekti SEBO LICHY
• Project: HOUSE BETWEEN THE TREES
• Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
• Collaborators: Ing. arch. Katarína Uhnáková, Ing. arch. Štefan Onofrej, Ing.arch Martina Matušová- interior design
• Photography: Tomáš Manina
• Investor: Private owner
• General contractor: Profi Modul
• Land area: 1891 m2
• Building area: 202 m2
• Building volume: 1190 m3
• Year: 2014

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The front part of the house is levitating on dynamic pillars and provides amazing panoramic views of the surrounding area. The back part of the house is plunging into the rising hill and is composed of several levels. When entering the house you find yourself in the middle floor, which is spacious and completely barrier freethanks to the extended part on the pillars.

Image Courtesy © Tomáš Manina

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This floor belongs to parents with their bedroom, bathroom and workroom. There is also living room and kitchen, visually separated with the fireplace. Huge windows can be open to enable ventilation of the space. The floor above the children rooms with their own bathrooms and patios are situated.

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The floor below there is a basement with laundry room and home gym. A genuine invention represents the shaft for laundry, which delivers the clothes from discreet cover on the corridor right to the basement.From that floor you get to the outdoor terrace with grill, sheltered with the extended floor on the pillars from above. Contact with nature in this realization is achieved in several ways. Family can enjoy barbecue on the large sheltered terrace, sun on the patios, which has almost every room or an amazing panoramic view in the living room.

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Image Courtesy © Tomáš Manina

Right there the glassy walls provide stunning views, which vary as if it was a live painting following change of the weather, the seasons, the day and the night. Tightly close growing chestnuts create the feeling of living among trees.

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At the lowest level there is agarage, connected with the house through the passage. The garage is cleverly hidden under the green grassy roof so you don’t even notice it when you look at the garden. The house is built in a nice quiet area near to the city centre.Unusual family villa takes full advantage of the steep terrain in the best possible way. Connection with nature is almost tangible there and undoubtedly improves the quality of life in the city.

Image Courtesy © Architekti SEBO LICHY

Image Courtesy © Architekti SEBO LICHY

Image Courtesy © Architekti SEBO LICHY

Tags: Bratislava, Slovakia

Category: House

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