Bochnia Barn | Gornik Architects

Firm： Gornik Architects

Type： Residential › Private House

STATUS： Built

YEAR： 2021

SIZE： 1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET： $50K - 100K

Two modern barns connected with glass passage, built on the slope, overlooking Beskid Wyspowy Mountains. The front walls almost lack windows. Totally glazed, two-storey living room wall opens the inside for the outside space which reduces the feeling of isolation. Roof partially made of larch cladding. The glass passage is covered with powder-coated aluminum plate.

Each building has a different function. One is a living space, the other is a garage plus an open part for a summer kitchen with garden furniture. Under the main terrace, we designed an outdoor cellar which became a large supply closet. The rooms in the house are high, spacious without many divisions. The attic is an intimate zone with dressing rooms, bedrooms and two bathrooms. Downstairs there are artist’s studio, storeroom, guest room, kitchen, dining room with a living room and a bathroom.

The interiors of contemporary barn in Bochnia are spacious, without many division walls, with multiple glazings, opening for surrounding landscape.

Starting from the entrance situated in the glass passage we are in touch with the outside. A long corridor leads to the living room with partially open kitchen, to finish with two- storey glazed wall viewing the nearby hills. The living room was arranged to stay cosy and non-comittal with the tv and a library part. Another zone- more representative one- has a dining table and a gas fireplace. The horizontal set of monster flowers above the living room, breaks the height sensation.

19.09.2020- Bochnia Barn has been awarded as the third best realization in Malopolska Architecture Awards in Stanisław Witkiewicz name. It was 10th jubilee edition of this prestigious contest.