BAKED BY THE HEAT (by Drozdov&Partners)

The house is located within a rather chaotic and mixed-scale development, which defined its withdrawn and introverted character. Open “summer rooms” are extensions to indoor living premises, creating seamless united spaces, visually impenetrable for the neighbors. The three terraces of the house descend the landscape, being united by the horizontal line of the roof. The sloping terrain causes the gradual increase of the volume, unfolding the entire narrative of the house: from the entrance and low minor premises on the street level to a spacious common living room. The central hall is the core axis that goes through all the indoor premises. The overhead opening invites daylight into the house. It is quite symbolic that the project was completed when it was boiling + 40C outside, which makes the house fully adapted to climatic surprises.

location: Kharkiv, Ukraine

function:  family house

size: 448 m2

status: built (2016)

authors: Yana Bryukhovetskaya, Oleg Drozdov, Katerina Yolkina, Sergey Kostyanoy, Vitaliy Pravik

photo: Andrey Avdeenko