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

• Architects: Proarh d.o.o.
• Project: Stone house
• Location: Lukovo Šugarje, Croatia
• Photography: Damir Fabijanić, Miljenko Bernfest
• Site Area: 266 m2
• Gross Floor Area: 150.8 m2
• Design: 2012.-2013.
• Construction: 2013.-2014.

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