House A in Belarus

House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya

HOUSE A

Igor Petrenko

ARCHITECTS
Igor Petrenko

LOCATION
Minsk, Belarus

AREA
497.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kate Brichkovskaya

MANUFACTURERS
Swisspearl, Schüco, Paroc, Technonicol

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Valery Zhukovets

Text description provided by architect.

House A is located near the border of Minsk. The main objective was to project a comfortable and functional home for one family.

House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya
House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya

The house had to be designed without unnecessary decoration with the use of "clean" natural and beautifully-aging materials, such as wood, concrete, glass. Later, the owner of the house has formulated the title of this style as "functional minimalism".

The house is a cube, embedded into the hillside. Wall materials are reinforced concrete (the outer walls of the 1st floor) and a brick. Floor slabs are monolithic reinforced concrete.

House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya
House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya

Vertical surfaces between the windows and wooden facades are made of cement-fiber panels with concealed fastening.

The main material of the facade finishing is larch saturated with a substance, which protects from ultraviolet radiation, but does not prevent natural aging. This allows the house to appear differently in each of the seasons.

House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya
House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya

In the western part of the site, from the side of the road, there is a guest parking and entrance to the house. On the ground floor is a garage, hallway, storage room, boiler room, exit the sauna room to an outdoor terrace with a swimming pool, which is adjacent to the house on the east side.

On the second floor are two bedrooms, living room and kitchen-dining room. Fireplace in the living room with a bar is designed according to the proportions of the facade of the house. The lower part of the fireplace is a sheet of stainless steel, hovering above the floor.

House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya
House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya

On the east side of the house, a living room and a kitchen-dining room have access to an outdoor terrace with swimming pool and barbecue area. Cover terrace made of larch. The sculpture, which combines the functions of a barbecue and a table, was made of stainless steel with a thickness of 10mm with inserts in teak.

On the third floor there are two bedrooms and an open library with living room view. Above the third floor is a terrace with a magnificent view of the surrounding area.

House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya
House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya

With Schüco Structural Glazing I wanted to create the effect of a solid glass cube held on all four sides with massive wooden surfaces.

House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya
House A in Belarus
© Kate Brichkovskaya


House A in Belarus
First Floor Plan
House A in Belarus
Second Floor Plan
House A in Belarus
Third Floor Plan
House A in Belarus
Roof Plan


House A in Belarus
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House A in Belarus
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House A in Belarus
Courtesy of Igor Petrenko
House A in Belarus
Courtesy of Igor Petrenko


House A in Belarus
Elevation
House A in Belarus
Elevation


House A in Belarus
Site Plan