Modern cave

House with a total area of ​​211 m2 - project of architects from Estonia. "Modern cave" in the form of a semicircle, combined with a rectangle.

Vertical joints of the compounds of narrow sheets of copper sheaths act as a kind of decor, giving the building with harmony and visually increasing its height

A small corridor with glazed walls connects two sectors of the building. Through this transparent "jumper" you can see the continuation of the garden path

Bulk floors are arranged in the transition corridor. Such a choice was due to the stability of such an outdoor coating to various mechanical impacts.

Representative area of ​​the ground floor, the area of ​​which is 58.3 m2, solved as a single space, which includes the kitchen and living room. Locked Large window-shop windows here are not only an excellent source of daylight, but also other things allow to admire the surrounding landscape.

When finishing the ceiling limited to only applying a monolithic concrete overlap of a protective layer of transparent varnish on the surface of the monolithic concrete

The lower cover of the staircase 40cm does not reach the wall. This allows you to bottom see wooden steps forming an openwork geometric pattern.

Red strenities are represented not only in the finishing of kitchen furniture, but also in accessories and outdoor coating of the corridor

Against the background of bright wall decoration, floor and ceiling, the interior details of a rich red kitchen look like a bright accent, which gives the space the necessary dynamism. From here through a glazed door, you can go to an open wooden terrace of 20m2. In the warm season, the hosts are often arranged here for themselves and their guests an improvisory cafe in the fresh air.

The windows of various sizes located nearby, not only pass into the children's sunlight, but also decorate it

The space of the parent bedroom is visually increasing due to large windows and mirrors

The interior of the parents' bathroom is built on the contrast of black and white. Avoid excessive rigor of walls, lined with ceramic tiles, allow arbitrarily scattered colored inserts

Floor plan

Plan of the second floor

The project of architects from Estonia, on the one hand, is an artistic appeal to the historical roots of the traditional Estonian house. The AU is different, reflects interest in the original, primitive forms of human dwelling, once existed in an inseparable unity with the natural environment.

Features of Estonian folk architecture - simplicity and freedom of form in combination with natural landscape. In addition, the traditional residence of Estonians, made of natural materials, changes under the action of natural factors over time. This characteristic feature was taken as a basis when developing a country house project for a young couple with two children.

Disagreement with nature

The garden track paved in gray clinker tiles disappears in the "deprane" of a deep portal, which makes up the front door to appear again from the opposite side of the house an important role in the formation of the project concept played the nature of the area, where construction was supposed to lead. The site is located in the suburbs of Tallinn, on the limestone plateau. Frequently occurring grotes here, architects on the idea of ​​creating a residential building, by the structure resembling the cave, the very first human abode. Moreover, the future owners wished to have a house, characterized by the originality of the plan.

Inclosed construction is a semicircle combined with a rectangle. Thanks to the planning, the sun comes a trip over all residential rooms, looking into numerous windows. Architects on both sides of the building arranged two deep portals that resemble the shaded inputs in the cave. Assue Load, smooth walls cut by different window openings on the configuration are associated with a rock massif. Even greater similarity with the rock gives the house the slanting section of the wall, facing the garden.

As nature changes its image, depending on the season, in the opinion of the architects, and the appearance of the human housing should follow nature and change. In order for the transformation of the appearance of the building over time, it turned out particularly expressive, the outer decoration of the walls is made of copper sheets, changing the shade as oxidation. This process does not depend on the will of the person, that is, the house inevitably begins to live his own life in harmony with nature.

"Cave" from concrete

An interesting geometric pattern of different in size of square and rectangular windows revitals the smooth surface of the walls, coated with copper main material to create this "modern cave" concrete. The house is towers on the concrete foundation of the collection type (depth - 1,2m). Vertical waterproofing is made using polymer mastic. Punching horizontal waterproofing used waterproof.

Walls are folded from concrete blocks. Avota Plot inclined to the surface of the Earth at an angle of 80 is a monolithic concrete structure, built along a removable formwork. Outside the wall of the building is insulated. The thickness of the thermal insulation material (mineral wool Paroc, Finland) is 150mm. To install it, we made a wooden frame with cells corresponding to the size of the plates. On top of the insulation, the wind insulation was placed. The walls were separated by 0.6mm thick sheets, which secured on a wooden crate.

As for the roof, it is a flat design in the form of a warmed monolithic reinforced concrete plate. Outside, over the concrete overlap is laid a layer of rubberoid - for waterproofing. Roof insulation provide Paroc mineral plates with a thickness of 300mm. Punching of roofing applied by the membrane "Yarokrom" ("Russian Rubber", Russia). The building is completely heated due to water warm floors. A boiler operating on liquid fuel (Vaillant, Germany) is installed in the technical room placed in the garage.

Vastabirinet rooms

Due to the large number of glazed windows, windows, angular windows, glass partitions - the inner space of the house turns out to be the most openly open two deep, trapezoids in terms of the portal from the opposite sides of the building divide it into two parts. It helps to rationally organize a complex interior of the house.

The door of the front entrance, located on the left side of one of the portals, opens in the hallway. For outerwear, a roomy wardrobe is equipped here. On the first floor in this part of the house there are also a cabinet, bathroom and sauna with locker room and shower. It also accommodated a spacious garage, from which you can also get into the hallway.

A wide corridor stretches to the right of the hallway, it is a link between two parts of the construction. Another sector is assigned to a representative zone: there are a dining room and a living room here, beautifully lit by windows. Apackt This combined space was also done and doubled, it seems just a huge and filled air. The latter role in creating such an image is played by the light tone of the finish.

Roof terrace

The presence in the house of a flat roof always involuntarily pushes an architect to the creation of a terrace. In the case, the roof of the garage became such a comfortable platform for recreation in the warm season. Since the terrace is arranged above the non-residential room, the concrete overlap here has a thinner (150mm) insulated layer of Paroc. Punching of the waterproof material is used runneroid. The height of lifting waterproofing on the wall is 30cm (taking into account the thickness of the snow cover). On the terrace was made internal drainage with electric heating, it is necessary in order to winter in winter. A small bias of overlapping (1-4) provides the direction of the flow of rainwater to the rustic funnels. The terrace flooring is made of genital boards laid with a gap of 5mm. In order to protect the wood from the destructive effects of the sun and moisture, it was impregnated with an antiseptic composition, and then covered with a protective varnish.

Natural materials are used for residential premises. Vgostyo on the semi-birch parquet, the walls are trimmed with sheets of birch and plywood. It is curious that the decor does not hide the structural features of the building, it allows you to fully feel his architectonics. Thus, the concrete ceiling is left without any decorative coating, the finish is limited to applying a transparent protective varnish. It gives the inhabitants of the house the opportunity to see the powerful texture of the main building material. At such a severe background, the box of the air duct, located in the kitchen area, seems to be a decorative detail, although, of course, remains a purely practical element.

Small pantry is adjacent, into which you can get from the street through the entrance located on the left side of the second portal.

The staircase leading to the second floor comes out on a small staircase, which performs the function of the glazed hall. It was formed due to the fact that at the level of the second floor, two parts of the building are connected by the same transparent "jumper", as well as at the bottom of the second floor from the living room area leads a single-hour staircase. It consists of a wide concrete cower, on which wooden steps are fixed. The risers are decorated with plywood. Sailor of Kosur is separated by plasterboard, which gives the entire composition of graphitics and external monolith. Pagboard railing used frame design of a stepped shape, covered with plywood sheets. Due to its clear geometric form, the staircase has become a true decoration of the interior of the house.

On the second floor above the representative zone there are rooms of children with a private bathroom. Children's decor is distinguished by bright cheerful paints. However, it develops the idea of ​​exposing the structural elements of the building: while partitions, isolated from concrete blocks, are plastered and painted, only a transparent varnish is applied to the section of the monolithic wall and the ceiling in both rooms.

The second floor of the opposite sector tipped apartments of the parents: there is a large bedroom with a dressing room, as well as a bathroom. An interesting detail of the interior of the bedroom window-lamp from the floor to the ceiling itself, where it is joined with the window in the roof of the building. Thus, the effect of a breakthrough of the monolithic wall is created, which emphasizes the power of the building structure and at the same time informs it ease. The apack is the sun's rays penetrate the room and in the horizontal, and in the vertical direction, the bedroom received excellent natural lighting.

From the parent bedroom there is access to the terrace of the second floor, which is arranged on the roof of the garage. On the terrace you can get directly from the bathroom, which is especially pleasant fresh summer morning. From here there is an amazing view of the garden and the near forest.

It is worth saying that this brave architectural project took the first place at the competition of individual houses in Estonia, and was also presented at the competition of architect Ludwig Misa Van der Roe in Barcelona. It was noticed by everything, oddly enough, from the cave ...

The enlarged calculation of the cost * construction of the house with a total area of ​​211m2, similar to the submitted

Name of works	Number of	Price, $	Cost, $
Foundation work
Development and recess of the soil by excavator	140m3.	four	560.
Foundation base device	130m2	3.	390.
Waterproofing hydrohotellozol (two layers)	130m2	five	650.
Protective screed for waterproofing	130m2	four	520.
Device foundations of reinforced concrete	90m3	60.	5400.
Device of lateral coating waterproofing	50m2.	four	200.
Dump removal with dump trucks without loading	140m3	7.	980.
TOTAL	8700.
Applied materials on the section
Concrete heavy	90m3	64.	5760.
Crushed stone granite, sand	37m3	28.	1036.
Hydrosteclozol, Bituminous Mastic	180m2.	3.	540.
Rental of steel, fittings, knitting wire	0.9 T.	610.	549.
TOTAL	7885.
Walls, partitions, overlap, roofing
Outdoor wall masonry complex from blocks	60m3	40.	2400.
Device of reinforced concrete walls	11m3	90.	990.
Device of reinforced partitions from blocks	104m2	10	1040.
Installation of steel columns, beams of overlaps, coatings, visors	3 T.	200.	600.
Device of monolithic w / w overlaps	49m3	75.	3675.
Isolation of walls, coatings and overlaps insulation	480m2.	2.	960.
Device of vaporizolation	480m2.	one	480.
Roll flat roofing	120m2.	eight	960.
Installation of stained glass windows, window blocks made of aluminum alloys with setting of naschelnikov	42m2.	-	2100.
Copper Wall Sheets for Frame	200m2	45.	9000.
TOTAL	22205.
Applied materials on the section
Block from cellular concrete (wall, partition)	91m3	75.	6825.
Masonry heavy solution	15m3.	56.	840.
Concrete heavy	60m3	64.	3840.
Rental of steel, steel Rain Source, Armature, Profile	3 T.	610.	1830.
Paro-, wind-, hydraulic films	480m2.	2.	960.
Insulation Paroc.	480m2.	-	1990.
Revurbitume rolled coating	120m2.	five	600.
Timber Edged (frame)	1m3.	120.	120.
Copper Sheet (Germany)	200m2	110.	22 000
Fencing structures from "warm aluminum" (Germany)	42m2.	850.	35 700.
TOTAL	74705.
Engineering systems
Installation of the supply and exhaust ventilation system	set	-	1400.
Electrical and plumbing work	set	-	6700.
TOTAL	8100.
Applied materials on the section
Boiler equipment, water heater (Germany)	set	-	7900.
Electric furnace-heater (Finland)	set	-	450.
Forced ventilation system	set	-	1800.
Plumbing and electrical equipment	set	-	9500.
TOTAL	19650.
FINISHING WORK
Suspended ceilings from GCL	60m2.	fifteen	900.
Dressing Parquet Coating Device	90m2.	25.	2250.
Device board coatings (terrace)	56m2	10	560.
Ceramic Tiles Coating Device	50m2.	-	970.
Device of bulk coatings	71m2.	6.	426.
Device of stairs	set	-	1200.
Mounting, carpentry, plastering and painting work	set	-	15 600.
TOTAL	21906.
Applied materials on the section
Plasterboard sheet, profile, fasteners	60m2.	-	450.
Parquet (Birch)	90m2.	38.	3420.
Poland Boards (Pine)	56m2	thirty	1680.
Ceramic tile, staircase, door blocks, varnishes, paints, mixtures and other materials	set	-	31 150.
TOTAL	36700.
* - the calculation is made on the averaged rates of construction firms Moskva without taking into account the coefficients