Neuman Hayner architects

House R in Israel

House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher

HOUr0SE R 

Neuman Hayner Architects: Sharon Neuman Architects

ARCHITECTS
Neuman Hayner Architects: Sharon Neuman Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Amit Gosher

AREA
205.0 m2

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Hod Hasharon, Israel

CATEGORY
Houses

House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher

Text description provided by architect.

The house was planned for a young family with 3 children, on a plot with a wide open view to the back, overlooking agricultural fields.

House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher

After giving a great amount of consideration to the functionality of the space and the movement scheme, we have decided to build a split level house, placing the master bedroom half way between the public area and the children's space.

The scheme evolved into an L shape plan with the MBR placed in the middle, outside the L, being surrounded by its 2 wings.

House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher

Since basement was not part of the requirements, we decided to hang the MBR as a cantilever, thus freeing the space beneath it, enlarging the garden and allowing interesting views across the lot.

(The building code allows a space to be under 180 cm height, if it's not to be included in the meters you pay taxes for, so the height is 179 cm). 

House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher

Using the same methods, hung an entire wall was hung between the living room area and the staircase \ kitchen \ dining room.

Wanting to focus the view towards the outdoors as much as possible, and also to create an informal, inviting living room, we needed to place the TV screen in a manner that would not be turned away from the scenery, and the floating wall was the answer, maintaining a flow throughout the floor.

House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel

One of our main goals was to design a house that is easy to live in, a lot of emphasis was given to storage, most of it hidden in the walls. We have used a 130 cm tall / 70 cm deep space beneath the MBR cube for storage, washer and dryer, and mechanical systems.

A study is placed on the ground floor in an enclosed room, while a second, open study is placed on the children's 1st floor.

House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher

The local weather allows the outdoor kitchen to be very useful during most of the year. The pergola is able to be open to the sky allowing shade, or closed to rain, using electrical shutters that are either vertical or horizontal


House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher


House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher
House R in Israel
© Amit Gosher


House R in Israel
Ground Floor
House R in Israel
First floor


House R in Israel
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