Housing Razgledi Perovo
Housing Razgledi Perovo: Structuring of volumes for identity & privacy
The houses on Perovo stand on an exposed location with an exceptional view of the Kamniko-Savinjske Alps in the background. However the view is not the only characteristic of this location, as the houses represent a dominant feature of the valley when viewed from below.
It was necessary to design and create a quality living environment for the future residents within the existing low quality master plan. A systematic design approach was chosen to arrange a set of twin houses as well as set of individual houses in order to achieve a rather homogeneous neighbourhood.
The houses on Perovo stand on an exposed location with an exceptional view of the Alps in the background. However the view is not the only characteristic of this location, as the houses represent a dominant feature of the valley when viewed from below.
It was necessary to design and create a quality living environment for the future residents within the existing low quality master plan. A systematic design approach was chosen to arrange a set of twin houses as well as set of individual houses in order to achieve a rather homogeneous neighbourhood.
Relatively high volumes are structured with a simple architectural approach: the ground floor is designed to acts a "pedestal" of the house, supporting two smaller volumes with steep skillion roofs. Therefore the smaller upper volumes, continuing the wooden facade cladding, contribute an important effect to the image and the environment of the settlement as a whole. Residents are on arrival to the neighbourhood first identified with the entire neighbourhood and then with the individual house.
ith relatively dense housing, it is important to maintain a basic level of privacy of the gardens. The wooden garden terraces linked to the living rooms are orientated so that the residents of the twin housing units do not disturb each other while spending their afternoons outside.
Flexibility is an important property of the houses and an integral part of the structural concept. All of the load-bearing walls are located on the perimeter of the floor plan, which enables custom layouts of the rooms inside, both on the ground floor and on the second floor. The only "fixed" element inside is the staircase, considerately lightweight transparent steel structure that not only function as the vertical communication, but is also present itself as a simple spatial sculpture, which also offers ambient quality of the interior.
To obtain low-energy houses with elementary natural materials (e.g. thermal clay bricks, thicker layer of thermo insulation rock-wool etc.) without specialized mechanical installation.
The use of natural materials is complemented by wooden larch cladding of the above volumes. Cladding of horizontal wooden slats provides important material image and ambience of the neighbourhood as a whole. It is also important for the perceptions of neighbourhood from the historical town of Kamnik and its surroundings, from where the wooden houses (the wood will get its natural protective patina) integrate chr