House MM

Connecting the inside and the outside

Year

2014

Location

Slovenia

Area

400 m2, 2500 m2 site

Client

Private

Team

Jan Trošt, Peter Krapež, Marko Ličen

Project start

2014

Project end

In progress

House MM's location and its closeness to the coastline of Slovenia, implies hot and dry climate in the summer and mild, but windy winters. With this in mind, the design of the house is turning inwards, with a circular and open disposition, sustainability and quality ambients.

Typologically, the design refers to a villa with a focused central disposition and a central spiritual space, which elevates the house above the level of an ordinary residential house. The role of a  two-leveled structural accent that binds the facility and creates a circular composition, is taken by the central green atrium. The central atrium serves as a natural ventilation shaft, as it did in mediteranian for centuries. And from once emphasized  classical entrance halls and monumental staircases, the design of the House MM leaves the resident to explore and to use its micro-ambients and accents in various ways.