Family house in Čižice

The land is situated on the edge of the village, at the end of development, essentially forming a transition between the village and the open countryside. It lies to the east (or southeast) of the village center. It slopes gently southward towards a ravine, and there is also an attractive view to the south into the lush greenery and across the valley to the opposite hillside.
The design seeks an adequate form of housing connected with nature and the surrounding landscape, utilizing the slope, orientation, size, and location of the land. An integral part of the entire design is the "integration of the exterior into the interior," meaning that a crucial and inseparable component of the whole building and each individual room is the purposeful incorporation of visually exposed views into the living spaces.
The urban and architectural solution of the building corresponds to the size of the land, its location, and topography. The building partially utilizes the terrain's slope, which descends about 1 meter over the depth of the construction, especially in the height placement of living decks - terraces and the exit stone terrace at the southern facade of the building. The mass of the residential part of the house is intentionally optically reduced by an atypical floor plan solution; the entire structure forms a kind of sculpture in nature. The individual spaces of the desired sizes (as requested by the investor) are "inserted" among the basic 6 load-bearing transverse walls, which are slightly slanted in relation to each other and mutually create various, differently sized, and variously "open" internal spaces as needed. The residential part of the house is predominantly oriented to the south towards open views into the greenery. The building allows a direct link to the garden and expresses an immediate contact of the villa with the surrounding landscape. The design of the house and the future garden benefits from the existing authentic feeling of open space, or rather almost free landscape.
The transverse load-bearing walls are made of masonry. Between these massive, solid walls, more transparent, lightweight, significantly glazed, and mutually parallel walls are "inserted" on the southern and northern sides of the building. The prominent glazing in the first row of the southern facade is an integral part of the design concept; the relatively large glazed area in the individual living spaces in a certain way "pulls part of the exterior into the interior," meaning that a significant component of each living space on the ground floor and in the attic is the openness, brightness, and certain "proximity" of the outer greenery. The entire structure opens more towards the south, both due to its orientation to the cardinal directions and the natural topography of the terrain and view, and not least due to its location relative to other buildings in the vicinity, or due to the effort to achieve maximum privacy, both inside the building and while staying in the garden. The mass of the building is capped by a simple roof structure forming a sloping roof above the attic. This structure allows maximum utilization of the internal space of the building, with absolutely no unused space throughout the house. An integral part of the outer section on the western side of the building includes a garage.
The villa is designed using natural materials, including modifications to the surrounding terrain. Stone, concrete, brick, or block masonry, and wood and steel in natural colors are used. The supplementary constructions again employ wood and metal in natural finishes.