The design of the house was accompanied by the assumption to fully exploit the potential of the beautiful area bordering on the lake and to create a space that would harmoniously correspond with the surrounding landscape. The shared part of the house is made up of a room connected with a kitchen and a dining room with a window more than five meters wide, which gives the effect of a natural panorama of the nearby landscape changing according to the seasons of the year. The private part consists of four bedrooms with entrances to roofed terraces: one with direct access to the bathroom for permanent residents of the house and three guest bedrooms (possibility of obtaining two, thanks to the moving wall system between rooms). Besides the bathroom adjacent to the bedroom, there are two more in the house: one in the corridor between the bedrooms, the other in the entrance corridor.
The main idea of the designed facility was to depart from the current design of contemporary hotels in the Silesian Beskids and to place the facility in the landscape in such a way that, while fulfilling the extensive program, it would not dominate the rescaling of the context of the place and the beauty of the surrounding landscape. For this reason, we decided to depart from the form of a concentrated building in one strong block in favor of a balanced architecture of a complex of hotel pavilions broken into modules. The main inspiration for the formation of the team was the reference to wooden mountain huts standing freely in a mountain glade. Therefore, we have proposed the architecture of the pavilions as a modern synthesis of the cubature of wooden regional architecture characterized by slants, wood and proportions, and linking it functionally with an underground storey covered with a green roof in the form of a multifunctional meadow.
The unique context of the place and the potential negative consequence of implementing a new tissue in this unique area meant that the decision to shape a new building was not easy and had to refer directly to these guidelines, not compete with them, and “respond” to the environment with its uniqueness in a contemporary way. The task was even more difficult as the budget was limited and the investor’s expectations were high. The idea and shape of the building resulted directly from the irregular polygonal shape of the area intended for development and the idea of leaving the largest possible tree stand on the plot. Such a simple inspiration has become the basic guideline for shaping the building. Creating the form step by step, first of all: the solid was formed in accordance with the function of the apartments, optimizing their function into the shape of an irregular polygon.
Located at the intersection of St. Leonard and Piątkowska Streets, the building designed by Easst Architects has both commercial and residential function. It was built on a degraded space that had previously been a parking lot for years. In the design assumptions, when thinking about the body of the building, it was crucial to adjust it to the already existing building which has a rather scattered façade and an asymmetrical gable roof. Therefore, we decided to create steep roofs broken with modern dormers. This combination of a traditional roof with a modern façade elements resulted in establishing a dialogue with the existing building. As the result, the building also changes with the angle of observation and its view becomes unobvious.
Designing houses is no longer just about their functionality, but also about whether they are fashionable, hit the customer’s taste. They surprise. Architecture is one of those fields that is influenced by many trends from other areas. Much also results from the expectations of customers, but the architects are the creators. They are the ones who create unique blocks, in which we want to live, and recent years in design show that we do not like cliché and boredom. This is perfectly understood by architect Marcin Tomaszewski, who as the creative director of REFORM Architekt created a completely innovative concept of mirror houses. They perfectly fit into the environment, sometimes even merge with it into one whole.
To paraphrase the words of a Dutch architect, an experienced designer of schools and kindergartens, Herman Herzberger: the space of a kindergarten/school is both a house, a playground and a small town. These words, we can treat as a brief definition of what is essential in the design of children’s place. On the one hand, kindergarten interiors should be an asylum, quiet place where one can feel like at home, avoid and rest from too many stimuli. On the other hand, space should offer a possibility of various games: for a group and an individual, involving movement and intellectual ones, thanks to which children learn through play and gain new skills.
The designed space is situated on the top floor of a skyscraper located in the very center of Poznań. The curtain walls are fully glazed and behind them there is a view of the magnificent panorama of the city.
The house in Poznan (Poland) was designed for a family of four. The biggest challenge was to fit the extensive functional program proposed by the investor on a very small plot of only 290 m2 with a front width of less than 16 meters. Design has become a complicated puzzle, but the more restrictions the more interesting is the design process. As a result, we obtained over 250 m2 of usable floor space on three floors, and the house finally houses as many as 5 bedrooms. Two sides of the building adjoin the neighboring buildings because it is a partial reconstruction of an existing small residential building.
The plot, with which the client came to our studio, is located on the outskirts of the city of Poznań. Until recently, it was a post-industrial district, poorly urbanized and with low land value. It would seem that the city had absolutely no concept for this district, leaving its area development to chance. Fortunately, a local spatial development plan has been adopted for these areas. In our opinion, the aforementioned plan is perhaps not the most sophisticated way of planning space, but it allows you to organize accidentally developing buildings.
The unspoiled area of Łódź – it is in such a location that ‘RE: HOUSE IN THE ROCK’, a house designed by Marcin Tomaszewski from REFORM Architekt studio, will be built. This futuristic building will be built on a plot of land with a hill, against the background of unusual natural circumstances.
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