四合院丨克罗地亚萨格勒布丨MVA Mikelić Vreš Arhitekti

Architects:MVA Mikelić Vreš Arhitekti

Area:499m²

Year:2020

Photographs:Bosnić+Dorotić,Jure Živković

Manufacturers:Aurubis,Flexteam,Foscarini,GIMA,Luceplan,Moooi,Mutina,Schüco,Varaschin,Velux

Lead Architects:Marin Mikelić, Tomislav Vreš

Structural Engineering:Konstrukta d.o.o.

MEP:TT inženjering d.o.o.

Electrical Engineering:ETS Farago d.o.o.

HVAC Engineering:TT inženjering d.o.o.

Landscape:Kreativni krajobrazi d.o.o.

Design Team:Marin Mikelić, Tomislav Vreš, Marija Barović

Collaborating Architects:Viktor Vdović, Mirta Rusan, Petra Matić

City:Zagreb

Country:Croatia

Text description provided by the architects. The house for a family of five, located in the attractive residential part of the city of Zagreb, is designed as a hybrid between a patio house and an archetypal volume.

The introverted ground floor encompasses living spaces, fluidly organized around a series of service blocks and oriented to their own microcosm of a south courtyard with a swimming pool. The entire level is ‘wrapped’ by a massive perimeter textured brick wall.

Following the natural decline of the terrain, the spaces are cascading, from the lowest - the entrance to the highest - the living room. Terraces in the courtyard follow the interior levels.

The copper volume of the first floor covers the entrance and extends far to the east capturing a view of the city.

Bedroom modules are linearly organized and accompanied by a 22m long wardrobe. Children’s rooms are mini lofts with a gallery for sleeping (or playing – depending on the user) accessible by zig-zag wardrobe stairs.

Along with the vertical communication and spatially connected to the entrance, a multipurpose space serves as a library, study, and children’s living room.

On the underground level, beside technical rooms, fitness and sauna areas are located and oriented to a small hollowed-out patio. Through the patio and the glazed wall of the pool, the sauna offers an underground view of the water in the pool and the sky.

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