The family house is located in a stabilized area of detached houses and garden plots. Set back from the street, it has the same position as a former garden house. This provides certain intimacy and isolation. The central situation of the house splits the plot into the front and rear garden. While the front garden is conceived as lush, informal vegetation, the rear garden hidden behind the house has a more formal character.
The house itself is divided into two concentric parts. The inner part is comprised of basic dwelling components and laid out on a Palladian 3×3 grid with a vertically accented dining room in its centre. The outer part consists of additional programme – patios of different size and proportion, garage, pool and storages, forms an in–between space. Neither a house, nor a garden, it serves as a mediator between both of them.
What makes this project one-of-a-kind?
House in a House blurs traditional dichotomy of interior and exterior, questioning their relationship, privacy and temporality.
Text provided by the architects.
Credits
Architecture
Martin Jančok, Michal Janák, Ivana Čobejová; PLURAL
Year of completion
2016
Location
Bernolákovo, Slovakia
Area
Total area: 175 m2
Site area: 760 m2
Photos
Daniela Dostálková
Project Partners
OK Atelier s.r.o., MALANG s.r.o.
