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LEISURE HOME M

CLIENT
private

LOCATION
Matulji

YEAR
2016

GROSS FLOOR AREA
120.00 m2

It does not happen very often that our client is at the same time an architect himself. This has exactly been the case on this project and the result is that the house in Matulji is the product of mutual engagement in the creative process. It was clear from the start that this house would be different from other houses we designed and, surely, more audacious and more radical.

This holiday house in the municipality of Matulji is situated in Opatija’s rural hinterland, Bregi, on a steep and challenging site where Mediterranean and continental climates meet. This relatively small lot with its irregular shape demanded a similar, dynamic sloped plan. An additional challenge has been to adjust the house to the sloped site since the house has been envisaged as having only one floor and one level – a single-storey house – with maximum benefit of the open spaces and the sea view. The position and the topography of the lot demanded that the pedestrian and car access, as well as the entrance to the house, be in the steeper part of the lot, while all the main rooms are oriented towards the fabulous and exquisite Kvarner Bay. The plan is utterly rationalized, designed without superfluous corridors so as to be able to spare precious space and create a house with a large living area and an open-type kitchen and dining room situated at the centre of it.

Moreover, the house has two bedrooms with pertaining bathrooms at diametrically opposite ends of the house, providing them additional privacy. As part of the entrance hall, there is yet another bathroom which enables the living room to be used as a bedroom for additional guests. With regards to its configuration, the house has two faces: one maximally closed on the north-west, hilly side, while the entire south-east front is a window wall oriented towards the roofed terrace with a pool which, during the summer months, becomes an extended living room. The loss of borders between the closed and the open rooms has been achieved by the use of large sliding glass door systems that go from floor to the ceiling and equal paving of the interior rooms and the outer terrace in the same level. The continental character of the location can be seen on the façade and it has been achieved by the use of HPL plates that mimic wood and by the use of stone for the underpinning walls.

LEISURE HOME M

CLIENT
private

LOCATION
Matulji

YEAR
2016

GROSS FLOOR AREA
120.00 m2

It does not happen very often that our client is at the same time an architect himself. This has exactly been the case on this project and the result is that the house in Matulji is the product of mutual engagement in the creative process. It was clear from the start that this house would be different from other houses we designed and, surely, more audacious and more radical.

This holiday house in the municipality of Matulji is situated in Opatija’s rural hinterland, Bregi, on a steep and challenging site where Mediterranean and continental climates meet. This relatively small lot with its irregular shape demanded a similar, dynamic sloped plan. An additional challenge has been to adjust the house to the sloped site since the house has been envisaged as having only one floor and one level – a single-storey house – with maximum benefit of the open spaces and the sea view. The position and the topography of the lot demanded that the pedestrian and car access, as well as the entrance to the house, be in the steeper part of the lot, while all the main rooms are oriented towards the fabulous and exquisite Kvarner Bay. The plan is utterly rationalized, designed without superfluous corridors so as to be able to spare precious space and create a house with a large living area and an open-type kitchen and dining room situated at the centre of it.

Moreover, the house has two bedrooms with pertaining bathrooms at diametrically opposite ends of the house, providing them additional privacy. As part of the entrance hall, there is yet another bathroom which enables the living room to be used as a bedroom for additional guests. With regards to its configuration, the house has two faces: one maximally closed on the north-west, hilly side, while the entire south-east front is a window wall oriented towards the roofed terrace with a pool which, during the summer months, becomes an extended living room. The loss of borders between the closed and the open rooms has been achieved by the use of large sliding glass door systems that go from floor to the ceiling and equal paving of the interior rooms and the outer terrace in the same level. The continental character of the location can be seen on the façade and it has been achieved by the use of HPL plates that mimic wood and by the use of stone for the underpinning walls.