Low Budget House

Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova

LOW BUDGET HOUSE

Le Atelier

ARCHITECTS
Le Atelier

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Sergey Kolchin, Anastasia Kolchina, Alexander Kryloff

DESIGN TEAM
Sergey Kolchin, Anastasia Kolchina, Andrey Adamovich

PHOTOGRPHS
Lucia Tolstova

AREA
99.0 sqm

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Moscow, Russia

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The house is located in Moscow neighborhood in a residential community with very high land value so we had only 45m2 site plot which was fenced by fences of neighbors.

Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova

Old wooden house built in 30s located on the plot belongs to customer's parents also the plot contains several old lime trees.

The construction budget was small (we had only 65000 euro to build the house, make finishing and buy furniture), so we were forced to find the cheapest and easy to construct solutions.

The rectangular volume with a sloped from the side of existing house roof we lagged with deal boards and painted white.

Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova

Also we accented the main entrance by painting it yellow to harmonize the house with the old house.

Thus this house stands out from all others houses nearby because it has clean shape and simplicity.

Having said that, it should be mentioned that, despite the distinction of the house, it naturally compliments the environment.

Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House

We oriented the windows so as to show best views. Also it was important for us to place windows on both ends of each significant direction of the movement of the people in the house to illuminate them by natural light.

The customer’s family consists of 5 people: 2 adults and 3 preschool age kids.

The biggest part of the house space is a double height children’s room at the second floor with a space for games at the first level, a place for homework execution at the second level and small bedrooms for kids with plurality of storage places for toys and clothing.

Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova

The master bedroom has 5 meters of ceiling height and quite spacious cloakroom for such a small house.

The wall which separates kitchen from family room is covered by ornament which been drawn by kids by hand.

We've designed this ornament especially for this house. The ornament has a feature that it can be drawn by hand and mistakes and disproportions which occur during drawing process improve graphics of an ornament.

Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova

In order to be sure about ergonomics and safety of the staircase we built the staircase prototype in 1:1 scale.

The original staircase was built only after kids told us that the staircase prototype is suitable for them.

To make the staircase secure we eliminated all sharp angles of it and painted all cutouts yellow.

Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova

Almost all furniture in the house is built-in or custom made – this allowed to reduce the cost and use the space at a maximum efficiency.


Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova


Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova


Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova
Low Budget House
© Lucia Tolstova


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Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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