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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Stone house in Lukovo Šugarje, Croatia by Proarh d.o.o.June 20th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Proarh d.o.o. Stone house is a one family holiday retreat, situated only few meters from the Adriatic sea, in a dense matrix of holiday houses. This existing chaos, cramped, narrow plot, limited construction laws and program assignment, make this a complex postulation but also a metaphorical ” noise ” of context. In such ”noise” the architectural language has to become quieter and create a concise expression. Is this expression then ”to fit in” or ”not to fit in”, and is it possible to become positively ambivalent, where such ambivalence would mean avoiding the derogatory fitting in but also avoiding a forced standing out , due to author’s ambition?  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić
 Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić In order to materialize the wanted affirmative quietness in contrast to the existing noise, we detach strip of everything unnecessary and articulate the fundamentals of architectural principles – firmitas, utilitas, venustas.  Image Courtesy © Miljenko Bernfest  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić To look for integrity, we go back to basics, which are given through the traditional disposition – compact layout, digged in tavern (kitchen/ living area), sleeping areas on upper floors, material (stone), climate and micro-location conditions (wind, salt, sun). We get the basic floor plan by offsetting the boundaries of the site, opening up to the sea and detaching from the neighbors – avoiding the arbitrary to the maximum.  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić  Image Courtesy © Miljenko Bernfest Thus obtained indented polygonal floor plan, dictated the need for a minimalist volume and overall avoidance of unnecessary decorative form. House is completed as a compact, closed polyhedron, solid volume coated on all sides with the same material-stone, as the authentic material-excellent medium for dealing with climate factors.Used stone is of local origine, in 4 cm thick plates, installed on a concrete walls with concrete-based adhesive.  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić Strength/Firmitas and Functionality/Utilitas are primordial and Beauty /Venustas occurs spontaneously but in the same time, controlled and directed as a product of clarity of the first two principles.  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić  Image Courtesy © Davor Mateković  Image Courtesy © Damir Fabijanić  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Proarh d.o.o.
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