B8 HOUSE
In this project, the aspect we were concerned with, in particular, was the visual communication between the interior spaces and the courtyard through the large glazed surfaces, placed between the living area and the terrace. We chose a clear and well-defined architectural language with simple volumes and a limited number of textures.
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General Information
+| Location: | Otopeni, Ilfov |
| Area: | 215 sqm |
| Year : | 2020-2021 |
| Status: | completed |
Project Team
+| Architects: | arch. Monica Crețu, arch. Iulia Munteanu |
| Photos: | Sabin Prodan |
| Collaboration with: | Răzvan Bârsan + Partners |
| Photos: | Sabin Prodan |
We explored the materiality of brick in various forms, also following an industrial-inspired aesthetic by joining metal pergolas and anthracite-grey window frames. The upper register, simple, white and marked on the main facade by a single window, is hanging over the lower volume, and the brick had the role of giving weight and meaning to this aesthetics driven gesture.
To increase privacy towards the street, but also to filter the sunlight, on the south side we used a perforated wall detail made of brick that hides a window in the living area.
Without aiming to define a paradigm shift in terms of housing aesthetics, the project integrates and responds to the site conditions of a recent plotting, where reference to a unitary architectural style was not an option.
