Lama Arhitectura

Lama House

Lama House
© Radu Malașincu
Lama House
© Radu Malașincu

LAMA HOUSE

LAMA Arhitectura

ARCHITECTS
Lama Arhitectura

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Dan Enache, Calin Radu

INTERACTIVE DESIGN
Andrei Tudor

ENGINEER
Conspro Developement

AREA
225.0 sqm

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Bucharest, Romania

CATEGORY
Houses

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Regarding the interior design, the walls were covered in protection mortar died white, and the oak floor has a natural colour. The livingroom ceiling purpusely left the exposed concrete, visible.  Travertine plates were used for the acces hallway and inside the bathrooms

The staircase’s structure was built out of steel and kept with a natural lacquered appearence. Most of the furniture for the project was custom made.

Lama House
© Radu Malașincu
Lama House
© Radu Malașincu
Lama House
© Radu Malașincu

Context: The project could be considered as daring because of its site proportions, a long but very narrow strip of land (7.5 X 40 M) with a blind wall on one side.

Concept: The house was built for a family of 4, in order to protect its members and meet the needs as best as possible.Due to the shape of the site and its surroundings, the house resulted as a long and 4.5 mnarrow shape, attached to the neighbours blind wall.

The facades and the layout of the house had different approaches, given the orientation towards the public or private areas of the surroundings and the cardinal points. The best example would be the southern facade, moulded to work as a sun trap.

Lama House
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Lama House
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Lama House
© Radu Malașincu

This project was build with consideration towards the main principles of passive housing. The southern facade opens large windows towards the private family backyard, without forgetting to shield itself from the sun.

It uses passive shading creating a funnel shaped facade and a pergola. The main material used for the backyard facade is burnt wood.

The facades and the layout of the house were built according to their position towards the public or private areas of its surrounding and the cardinal points.Layout: The house was built so that it would have a small frontyard which provides entrance from the street, as well as a larger private backyard.

Lama House
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Lama House
© Radu Malașincu
Lama House
© Radu Malașincu

The image created is harmoniously integrated with the protected intimate garden, due to its organic refference and induced warmth.

The facades facing the street (North) and the neighbour on the left (East), due to the nearing position providing little privacy, are more opaque and sober.

On all of the facades, the windows are larger at the bottom and smaller at the top, as to capture the right amount of light for each space.

Lama House
© Radu Malașincu
Lama House
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The layout of the house uses the same principle as the facades, considering the position of the space towards public or private outlook, and the amount of received natural light.

 This is why towards the backyard (South) you will find primary functional areas such as the livingroom, the master bedroom and the children’s bedroom, whilst towards the street (North), the kitchen, bathrooms and the second floor terrace are positioned.This layout was primarily considered to have a functional structure.

Lama House
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Lama House
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The basement contains a hobby room, the utility room and storage space. The ground floor provides the outside acces via the vestibule, to the living area and the kitchen, and a downstairs cloakroom.

On the first floor you will find the master bedroom with a dressing space, the family bathroomand a small bedroom for the family's 2 year old baby .

The second floor provides the third bedroom, a library, a bathroom, a storage closet and a private terrace Materials, Systems.

Lama House
© Radu Malașincu
Lama House
© Radu Malașincu

For the exterior design, we used PU foam with white decorative finish, burnt pinewood, white painted steel frames for the openings and triple glazed windows with timber frames.

The performant triple glazed windows and the PU thermal foam togheter with the cellulose attic insulation, creates a thermal protection that is twice as efficient to the commonly used insulation means.A sustainable ventilation system was integrated, consisting of air tubes buried at the level of the building’s foundation.

Regarding the interior design, the walls were covered in protection mortar died white, and the oak floor has a natural colour. The livingroom ceiling purpusely left the exposed concrete, visible.

Travertine plates were used for the acces hallway and inside the bathrooms .The staircase’s structure was built out of steel and kept with a natural lacquered appearence. Most of the furniture for the project was custom made.

Lama House
© Radu Malașincu


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Roof Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan


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East Elevation
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Section

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North Elevation
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South Elevation
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Site Plan

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Strada Paris 49, București, Romanya