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Cichosza Cottages

Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok

CICHOSZA COTTAGES

Modernstudio Architektury

INTERIOR DESIGNER
Joanna Wojtaszek

ARCHITECT
Maciej Rempalski

ASSISTENT ARCHITECT
Anna Swadźba

PHOTOGRAPHS
Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok

AREA
48 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Szydłów, Poland

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The epidemic situation redefined our existing model and style of living. It broke the order we are used to.

Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok

Closed within the four walls of our very comfortable apartments, we now dream of going outside in a sense of security and peace.

We dream about a place somewhere "outside the city", about our asylum, where no one will tell us what and how to do. The answer to the above is the design of Cichosza Cottages. Additionally, the Investor assumed the organic development of this place.

Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok

In the future, it may grow and become a haven for others, a place of tranquility, a springboard from everyday life away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The project was created from a sketch connecting three lines. Just that and so much. Three lines marked the body of the building, shaping its functions into form.

Two buildings were built. On the one hand, it has a similar external shape. On the other hand, completely different in terms of functionality.

Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok

Designed and adapted to the needs of two generations of one family. Integrated, however, through a common terrace that is an intergenerational link. “Architecture doesn't need any ornaments or unnecessary additions.

Architecture doesn't have to be fashionable. Architecture should be responsible both for its users and external recipients. By design, architecture should complement the landscape in which it is created.

Architecture co-creates the landscape, integrates elements of nature and the product of human imagination. It is especially important when we design in a naturally shaped and non-urbanized place. Where nature plays a decisive role and is its main asset.

Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok

This was the case here - a cottage in a glade in the middle of the forest. The facade is finished with Scandinavian larch, the edges of which have been tanned to further emphasize the linear arrangement of the facade.

The dynamic shapes and slenderness of the lines are additionally emphasized by the use of two different materials:

Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok

wood and fiber cement boards.” “The building's assumption shows fragments of the surrounding space, inviting them to enter.

Each window is a different image with a different perspective on different planes. The materials and colors used in the interiors of these unusual cottages were also inspired by the surrounding landscape of fields and forests.

Cichosza Cottages
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Cichosza Cottages
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Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
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© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
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© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
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© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok


Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok
Cichosza Cottages
© Joanna Prokopowicz, Sonia Pasternok


Cichosza Cottages
Plan - Ground floor
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Plan - First floor
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Plan - First floor
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Elevations


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Sketch
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Sketch
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