Country House
Zlotow / Trzebnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
area: 350 m2
project: 2012
completion: 2024
architects: Rafal Specylak, Kuba Wozniczka
Site plan / plot.
The house was built on a large plot picturesquely cut between 2 belts of forest, in the village of Złotów in Lower Silesia, approximately 40 km north of Wrocław.
The plot is a strongly elongated rectangle stretched in the SE – NW direction surrounded by forest.
Designed building was placed on the longitudinal axis of the plot stretching in the SE – NW direction. Apart from the access to the garage, no interference with the rest of the plot is planned in order to preserve the natural character of the area and the forest surroundings.
Context.
A significant amount of traditional pre-war buildings have been preserved in the village of Złotów. Characteristic features of the local buildings, as in the entire area, are gable roofs covered with red tiles without eaves and red brick and/or dark wood walls as finishing materials for the facades.
The distinctive features of traditional buildings are strongly exposed in Złotów, and the color scheme dictated by red tile and brick and dark wood seems to set the mood of the place.
The proposed finishing of the designed house refers directly to the above-mentioned characteristic features of local houses. The use of a dark wood facade also makes the house blend in with the forest surroundings.
Building – concept, form.
The extensive functional program required by the client determined the creation of a volume with a relatively large area.
Architects proposed dividing the large block into smaller fragments.
The program of the house was divided into segments corresponding to individual functions.
Each of the sections was “stretched” to the desired size.
At the same time, the entire layout was “adjusted to the right margin”, i.e. all sections are added to one line parallel to the south-eastern border of the plot.
This ultimately shaped the body of the house with the south-eastern facade in one line and a sculpted western side more open to the forest.
On the western side, the fragmentation of the body creates niches and small terraces.
All parts of the building are covered with a gable roof according to planning regulations.
The house is finished with dark brown wood and red roof tiles. This emphasizes the connection with the history of the place and the character of the local buildings





















