Estefan House Extension
FOR THIS OLD HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND CONVERTED MANY TIMES,THE ARCHITECT ASSUMED SOME ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES: THE FRAGMENT AND MULTIPLE LAYERS.
FAR FROM THE OVER TRIUMPHANT MINIMALIST OF THE RECENT YEARS,THE PROJECT SETTLES AND UNFOLDS THE ELEMENTS INTO A NEW COMPOSITION WHERE DEPTH IS PRIVILEGED AND THE CONCRETE VOLUMES , STEEL PROFILES AND LARGE SHEETS OF GLASS INTERPLAY WITH THE WALLS AND MOULDS OF THE OLD HOUSE.
IT IS DELICATE AS A JAPANESE WORK OF ART , BUT ONE THAT PERFECTLY FITS THE TRAANSPARENCY OF THE URBAN FABRIC OF BUCHAREST
THE HOUSE HAS ITS OWN STORY: ITS A CONFESSION.
IN 1940 , THE OUTBULDINGS WERE CONVERTED INTO A STUDIO ; IN 1960 , A KITCHEN WAS ADDED ,WHILE IN 1973 A LIVINGROOM WITH A GALLERY AND A GARAGE IN THE SEMI-BASEMENT APPEARED.
IN 1995 , WE ARRANGED THE BEDROOMS IN THE ATTIC. ALL THESE SEQUENCES NEEDED UN UMBRELLA OF REPRESENTATION AND FUNCTION
I COULD ONLY SEE A FUNNEL: A FUNNEL LIKE SPACE THAT COULD ABSORB THE OPENING , THE YARD, AND NATURE.
AN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AT THE SAME TIME, FLOATING AND ILLUSION