rethinking suburban residing in Vilnius
Trim Home by KWK Promes is a single-family home in a suburban district of Vilnius characterised by forested plots and traces of interwar picket houses. Designed following a closed competitors in 2016, the venture responds to a website as soon as occupied by modest timber constructions which have since disappeared, abandoning a unfastened sample of growth amongst timber and open floor.
From the outset, the architects approached the home as a negotiation between presence and panorama. The encircling vegetation and leisure character of the neighborhood guided choices about massing and orientation. Early proposals already explored lifting a part of the concrete quantity to introduce gentle deeper into the plan, whereas preserving a direct connection to the backyard.
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kwk promes trims the footprint
Through the design strategy of the Trim Home, a change in native rules launched new constraints for KWK Promes. The allowable constructing footprint was lowered by half, and the driveway was repositioned in order that entry now cuts by way of the backyard. These shifts required a considerable revision of the scheme. Reasonably than relocating the venture, the architects selected to adapt it in place.
‘We managed to influence the consumer to stick with the unique plot and scale back the home’s space,‘ the crew explains. ‘The constraints grew to become a chance to refine the idea.‘ The revised plan contracts right into a triangular geometry, a direct response to each the lowered footprint and the altered strategy to the positioning.
Trim Home by KWK Promes sits inside a wooded suburban district of Vilnius
interiors look onto a sunlit backyard
The Trim Home organizes its areas round a central patio that pulls daylight into the inside. This open void works along with the residing space to increase the backyard into the home, making a steady spatial area that shifts step by step between inside and out of doors. The bottom flooring stays carefully tied to the terrain, whereas the raised portion introduces variation in part.
By lifting a part of the home one degree, the architects set up a layered relationship with the panorama. The patio turns into a hinge between volumes, mediating gentle and motion whereas providing framed views of the encircling timber. ‘The patio, along with the residing area, grew to become an extension of the backyard,‘ the architects word, emphasizing how the inside is formed by its proximity to open air.
the venture started as a contest proposal for a single household home
elevated residing and privateness
The higher degree comprises the non-public rooms, positioned above the ground-floor quantity. Bedrooms open onto a terrace that overlooks the positioning, permitting residents to interact with the wooded setting whereas sustaining a way of separation from the strategy and entry sequence. This elevated zone advantages from elevated daylight and longer views throughout the plot.
On this configuration, Trim Home balances compactness with spatial generosity. The lowered footprint yields a extra expansive backyard and improved photo voltaic entry, each of which maintain specific significance in Vilnius’s local weather and forested context. ‘The enlarged backyard space and higher daylight publicity grew to become key arguments for trimming the home,‘ the architects proceed. The venture retains its preliminary spatial concept, whilst its dimensions shift, displaying how constraint can information kind with precision.
the design responds to a website formed by traces of interwar picket houses
the home contracts right into a triangular plan to adapt to constraints
