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Žiga Lovšin
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House XL
SoNo Arhitekti
Family Villa XL is located on the outskirts of a
new residential area and it is designed for a
large family of seven.
Area is dominated by typical Slovenian urban / rural
landscape, that is why the design paraphrases the
surrounding typical architectural elements . The house
is conceptually formed from two mutually parallel
volumes and one connecting volume, which is placed
perpendicularly to the other two. All the volumes
are elongated with symmetrical gable roofs. Shortest
volume is extended into a roofed carport.
While the basement level is constructed with reinforced
steel the upper floors consist entirely of cross-laminated
timber elements.
Floor plans are spacious and organized in three levels.
Living area, enclosed with large glass surfaces opens
to the atrium maintaining the flowing communication
between the house interior and surrounding nature.
Facade is composed with large-format panels - the
connection volume in lighter and the other two in
darker colours. Larger glass surfaces are moved inwards
and combined with wood cladding. Placed over them
is a pattern of vertical narrow wooden elements that
simultaneously function also as sunscreens.
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