NATIVE HOUSE

Nature lives inside the house. The architects created a wild garden – a two-storey-high mine with a glass ceiling opening up the sky. For the rails, floors and walls they used a perforated mesh. When it is warm, ivy and wild grapes will weave on a mesh and create shades. Light also became a building material. It flows through the house magnificently accenting volumes. To rational use, the space, half of the house was lowered. The decision seemed cool until architects suddenly discover the insight. No one likes going down to the ground floor. They placed the technical premises there and cleared the upstairs rooms of unnecessary things.

Art became the emotional and semantic completion of the project. Three sculptures of non-standard geometry by contemporary Ukrainian artists balanced the volumes and made them holistic. They also show a ‘no-time’ conception. Because life is short, art is long.

One more interesting feature is the ‘house of doors’. The architects decided that one entrance was not enough and created 5. It is a functional decision to simplify owners’ lives. They will go on a run right out of the bedroom, and invite guests directly to the living room. Some of the doors are ‘secret’, hidden from a passerby view.