Futurist Architecture

The exterior of this house can engage dramatically with the house through a closer context. The sloping ground of the house is also used as a base for the construction. Outside the house, a small green area can create a fresh look around white and tall house walls. The balcony and glass wall on the upper level of the house already make this house stands out from a distance.

All spaces are designed and measured based on the horizon great line. They are formed by the house planes and continue to the surrounding landscape of the site. Most of these house spaces are designed in a modern style with some touches of contemporary. While the elegant looks come from the use of glass materials and the sleek tiles.

Using cost-effective, common, locally produced materials, the architect can design this house in innovative ways with the material raw beauty to provide a sense of luxury. Those materials are also selected carefully to ensure a minimal impact on the environment. The standard components of the materials are chosen to minimize the cost and energy.

This house building is made from white laminate joinery, second-hand/recycled timber, painted plasterboard, and also galvanized steel. Those are cost-effective materials, expressed and put together to create a quality of architecture and space to this house.

The house flexibility can spread into some rooms such as open living or dining zone, and covered outdoor rooms for multiple activities. Some internal spaces are designed with timber spine, formed by vertical post screen and timber walkway. It continuous down to the suspended stairs under the modern kitchen island. This house also can take advantage of its bush and orientation setting.

Twin Houses uses stack effect, cross ventilation, and thermal mass to minimize some energy requirements. The materials to design these houses are recyclable, recycled, and natural that consist of brick, stone, concrete, steel, and timber. The architect avoids the use of composite, highly processed materials.

The passive climatic design strategies that include cross ventilation, thermal mass, screening/shading, winter solar penetration, and house orientation, can create stable indoor temperatures that only require minimal use of cooling and heating. The accommodation of this house is also naturally ventilated by the sea breezes from the eastern area while the healthy indoor environment is created by the hydronic floor heating and ventilation with low VOC and non-toxic materials and finishes.

The architect gives a full-service design to this project with a complete facility for the interiors, including the custom millwork and the house furnishings to bespoke art selection and area rugs. The materials are simple yet luxurious, creating detail and a cohesive sensibility to combine the modern and traditional style.

The architect also chooses the furniture carefully in responding to the art collection. They also work together with the client of the house on the various custom pieces to decor the house interior. The chosen furniture comes in a simple look and soft colors such as grey sofa, black table, and wooden cabinet in the kitchen. A custom rug in the living room can add more unique details and textures to the house interior.

The building opens from the traditional ground floor on both corners and through the upper story of the house. Some sight lines penetrate the house with the windows that can create frames for the surrounding nature of the site. The house design is also made to establish a ’prismatic’ formal expression and create a good interaction between the volumes without other elements or details. While some smooth pine panels are used to cover the facade in a dark grey matte paint. The glazing systems come from Schüco.

The team of interior and architecture from Studio Vara provide full services for this cottage, from the first initial concepts to the final completion such as planning, building permits, and design and construction phases. It also includes the lighting, landscape, furnishings, interiors, and architecture of the cottage. In order to create a peaceful and calm retreat, the architect team works with supple details and a balance of restraint.