This house is an attempt to create a residential product that can be replicated without becoming generic. The structure is assembled from ready-made timber frame modules — the house literally takes shape on site within weeks. Yet the architecture doesn’t flatten into a «box»: it stays expressive and adapts to the slope and the sightlines of each specific location.
The composition is built from simple geometric forms of varying heights and orientations. The rhythm is carried by the materials: charred thermowood and fibre cement panels with a concrete texture — and bright patches of corten steel at the entrance and terrace, working both as wayfinding and as the project’s signature accent. In the living block, a narrow horizontal clerestory runs along the upper wall — one of the strongest details on the façade.
A site with two metres of elevation change and views in two opposite directions shaped the plan. The house is divided into functional blocks — entrance hall, living area, sleeping zone, service area — each oriented toward its own view. The sleeping side faces the ravine and rear garden, with no neighbours and no noise. The living room opens onto the front courtyard with a terrace and fireplace zone. The service block sits at the entrance, near the car shelter.
The roof form took time to resolve. The original design combined flat and gable sections — but in searching for the most practical solution, the whole composition came together under a single mono-pitch roof running across the entire volume. The final form turned out to be not only simpler to build, but more expressive. A constraint that worked in favour of the architecture.
