Patio with House / Ivanisin & Kabashi Arhitekti

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Text description provided by the architects. The lot of some 1,300 sqm is situated in the Jazbina district in the north-eastern periphery of Zagreb. Its immediate, totally uninteresting surroundings consist of a number of plain suburban family houses with small gardens and a few weekend cottages. The city is only 10 minutes away by car; the centre can be reached in 20 minutes tops. The main advantage of this situation– distinguishing this suburban landscape from countless similar landscapes of transition – is its northern prospect: humid chestnut woods are less than a hundred meters away. Though close to the foothills of the mountains, the lot is almost entirely flat with only a very slight slope to the south. its relatively large area provided us with the opportunity to develop it as an island almost completely independent of the surrounding conditions. This project was our attempt to reconcile the objective conditions of the present day life on the outskirts of a sprawling city with the human need for dwelling and for inhabiting nature.