House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura

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Brașov, Romania
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  570 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Cosmin Dragomir
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Lamberts
  • Collaborators: Mihai Lambescu, Cristina Matei, Ioana Păvăluca, Răzvan Andrei
  • Architect In Charge: Johannes Bertleff, Dragoș Oprea, Adrian Ianchiș
  • City: Brașov
  • Country: Romania
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House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Windows, Facade
© Cosmin Dragomir

Text description provided by the architects. The fronts of Hermann Oberth street were gradually densified in the last 60 years. A prevailing house residential district in the '50s, densely built, on small sites with narrow spaces between the buildings, the area was remodeled during the communist with the introduction of the blocks of flats. Nowadays, this narrow street is the border between the row of houses and the compact alignment of the blocks of flats. The client, owner of one of  the houses mentioned above, wanted a larger, continuous living space, bathed in sunlight with large glazed surfaces.

House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Windows, Facade
© Cosmin Dragomir

One of the first challenges was harvesting the sunlight amid a neighborhood consisting of blocks of flats.

House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Image 3 of 51
© Cosmin Dragomir
Plan
House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Table, Chair, Windows, Beam
© Cosmin Dragomir

Our answer was a translucent house placed over the existing house.The translucent shell is punctured by transparency towards the favorable views of the area.

House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Windows, Handrail
© Cosmin Dragomir

The structure of this lightweight extension does not overlap with the structure of the old house creating, in fact, its own genuine structural framework.

House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Handrail
© Cosmin Dragomir
Section
House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Windows, Facade, Handrail, Deck
© Cosmin Dragomir

The proximity of the neighboring houses was a very inciting topic for us. The new house commits to dialogue with the closely neighboring blind walls. Opposing a noble, translucent wall, to a neighboring, indifferent blind wall generates a positive communication between the two.

House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Windows, Facade
© Cosmin Dragomir

Leaving aside theory, the inner free living space of the addition mesmerized the owners gives in contrast to old house underneath.

House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura - Facade, Windows
© Cosmin Dragomir

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Cite: "House E / EXHIBIT Arhitectura" 17 Jan 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/803350/house-e-exhibit-arhitectura> ISSN 0719-8884

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