E+MS Houses by Ina Elena Stoian, Romania

The project reinterprets the lifestyle of three generations sharing the same site. The architect’s suggestion of building the houses overlooking a common yard required solutions for the best layout and for defining private and semi-private spaces.

The curved façades and the flared plan help to evade a direct view into the important spaces, and, in the same time, the houses open towards the south-orientated yard, which is organised as an outdoor living room. In a few years’ time, the vegetation will allow only one free view: to the centre of the yard.

The use of brick was suggested to client from the very first visit to the site, where the bricks from demolishing previous old houses and cellars had been deposited. The reuse of brick for the new constructions proved to be a great pretext to offer an alternative to the increasingly bland image of Galati city.

The interior follows a simple design, while adding a few decorative elements at the client’s request. The architect coordinated all the project phases and takes pride in the dialogue created between the garden and the interior, a scenario that was envisaged from the first sketches.

Text provided by the architects.