The Hill House
4th Semester Design Consultancy Elective | Wooden Construction
ABOUT
In our elective course, we
had the objective of developing a selective design brief. The design we chose
to develop is a 100 m² single-family house. We chose a lightweight building
system consisting of wooden studs and rafters with a separate load-carrying
steel column and beam system. The architect's design concept was to blend the
house with the landscape; it embodies a simple and minimalistic design. The
wooden cladding refers both to modern architecture and to traditional
Scandinavian houses. One of the main features of the house is a small hill
behind the building. Thanks to that, the building refers to the landscape in a
literal way. The hill covered with flowers and herbs becomes a bridge between
the wild meadow and the building - it is a perfect way to respect the location's
context.