House 01 / za bor Architects

Jun 2009

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Concrete, Russia, Za Bor

Architects: za bor architects / Arseniy Borisenko, Peter Zaitsev
Location: Moscow, Russia
Principal Use: Residence
Engineer: za bor architects
Structure material: Concrete
Constructed Area: 560 sqm
Project year: 2004-2006
Photographs: Zinur Razutdinov & Peter Zaitsev

The building is located in a historic village close to the center of Moscow. The work was hampered by a small plot and a large number of old trees that had to be maintained.

In the village, houses are fairly close, so the entrance facade has virtually no windows – the main rooms are facing the interior of the site where the two wings of the building form a cozy courtyard.

The premises, are located along the southern facade for maximum direct sunlight.

Above a double height living room, there´s a roof garden. In this garden there is an exit connecting to the corridor on the second floor (bedrooms).

Below, on the first floor we find the public areas (living room, dining room, ancillary buildings), and on the second floor the master’s and children’s bedrooms, and an office.

Skylights on the roof bring natural daylight to the interiors.

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9 comments »

Mas Anton says:

What???

# June 24, 2009 at 00:16

David says:

architecture is missing. too boring and grey. oh russia? than everything is clear. zabor :D

# June 24, 2009 at 03:48

One says:

bad taste

# June 24, 2009 at 05:03

p.yanev says:

bad exterior … good interior …

# June 24, 2009 at 06:22

christos says:

i agree with p.yanev….the interior has modern and expensive feeling but the exterior is really poor, it would be much better to paint the house white!!!

# June 24, 2009 at 06:37

lebu says:

rebyata poveselilis :)))

# June 24, 2009 at 10:01

Speciaal says:

I appreciate the attention to the existing trees and natural daylight. Interiors look well-lit. Certain spatial interrelationships were obviously given special consideration.
However, overall space doesn’t have any new quality beyond those of conventional houses. And exterior materials are obviously poorly chosen.

# June 24, 2009 at 21:30

sullka says:

is that an urinal in the bathroom?…..yikes! not because of the urinal, that’s pretty functional, but because of it’s modern looking approach with a cover lid.

# June 29, 2009 at 13:52

Arsalan says:

the links are broken in this website, I always end up with another apartment or drawing, http://www.archdaily.com/25943/house-01-za-bor-architects/img_0744/ click for the next image on the thumbnail, and then it is lost.

# July 13, 2009 at 08:25