Family House in Bernolakovo

The project was not a standard investor-architect assignment as one of the authors is also the investor with his partner. Both had dreamt of a non-standard housing in a smaller village near the capital city.
The aim was to use the potential of the surrounding gardens and view to the countryside. Inside of the house, an emphasis is placed on the functional, material and artistic aspects with an inspirational environment for creation, as both investors are creative professionals.
The house is on a plot of size 446 m².The front south half is a lawn and garden connected barrier-free to the interior. The house is not closing itself from its environment, it is communicating with it.
The two-storey family house layout is divided into a ground floor with a living area with an open gallery, toilet, garage and technical room and the first floor with a study, relaxation zone, bathroom and toilet. When designing the layout, emphasis was placed on the maximum openness inside-out.
Since the object was built independently, it was designed from easily accessible and labor-friendly materials. The ground floor is an open space, where the 1st floor is supported with two load-bearing walls, separating the residential part from the garage and the technical room. The floor is designed as an open space and is divided only by traverse walls - the wooden roof is not supported and lies only on the perimeter masonry.
The façade is designed in white acrylic with details around windows glazed façade cladding in a black gloss finish. The windows openings are in an aluminum system. The windows are in a black, glossy finish with internal white textile shading.
The uniqueness of the design of the house supports the surface treatment of a roof made of a white liquid membrane. The unification of facade and roof surfaces unifies the shape of the house and helps to express the architecture of the house itself.
The interior has an austere material solution. Each room has a basic white chroma, and is always complemented by a wooden detail.
A great importance was placed on the element of the interior and the exterior lighting - in its design, function and technical aspects. Lighting becomes the jewel of the house, bringing home high-quality lighting and emotion through various lighting scenes. The lighting is the author's own solution as all the lights have been developed and made to measure.