Optimization of function in form. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio

15/06/2021. [Chorzów] Poland
metalocus, MICHELLE ÁLVAREZ

Villa Reden is an apartment building designed by the architect Maciej Franta of the Frantagroup studio. This building is located in Chorzów, Poland.

On place this building is located, no changes could be made to the fabric, and the project had to adapt to this situation and use these impediments as building features.

The project has just been awarded in the housing-architecture section as the winner of the "Paris Design Awards 2021"

Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio. Image courtesy by Frantagroup studio

Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio. Image courtesy by Frantagroup studio

Diagrams. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

Ground floor plan. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

First floor plan. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

Second floor plan. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

Roof level plan. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

Cross section. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

Longitudinal section. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

Elevations. Villa Reden by Frantagroup studio.

The building designed by the studio Frantagroup has the shape of an irregular polygon that corresponds to the area destined to urbanize, the remaining area was used to leave the largest possible grove of the plot. The project was step by step, starting by surrounding the building with balconies to get a panoramic view of the surroundings.

Later it was decided to implement an interior patio to illuminate the internal parts of the apartments, in addition these homes were raised a floor to use the ground floor as a point of social interaction. The ground floor serves as an entrance area to the 4 buildings that form this complex.

Description of project by Frantagroup

The unique context of the place and the potential negative consequence of implementing a new tissue in this unique area meant that the decision to shape a new building was not easy and had to refer directly to these guidelines, not compete with them, and "respond" to the environment with its uniqueness in a contemporary way. The task was even more difficult as the budget was limited and the investor's expectations were high. The idea and shape of the building resulted directly from the irregular polygonal shape of the area intended for development and the idea of leaving the largest possible tree stand on the plot. Such a simple inspiration has become the basic guideline for shaping the building. Creating the form step by step, first of all: the solid was formed in accordance with the function of the apartments, optimizing their function into the shape of an irregular polygon. Then, a perimeter line was marked along the plot boundaries and the block of flats was surrounded with balconies to obtain a panoramic opening to the surroundings. Due to the acute angles (foreign in the context), it was decided to round the corners, referring to the character of the interwar villas in the neighborhood, tree crowns and the surrounding greenery.

In the next step, to open the view to the surroundings, the block was dressed in wooden viewing terraces with various surfaces around it, an internal break in the form was introduced by implementing a patio to illuminate the internal parts of the apartments (bathrooms and entrance areas to the apartments) and the floor of the residential part was raised by one level, leaving undeveloped ground floor as a space for social interactions of residents and additional external functions. The building formed in this way received unique features in the form of large terraces, from which you can enjoy the charms of the surroundings, and full integration with nature due to the proximity of trees and additional lighting in the patio. In the last step, the rhythm of the elevation was shaped. Vertical divisions of the façade were introduced, creating expressive regular squares arranging the freely formed volume of the building. It was ensured that the division of the facade and its rhythm were equal and did not have anomalies in the form of extensions or additional elements.

Despite the fact that it looks like one coherent apartment building, it was designed as a complex of four single-family, two-apartment group buildings. The building has been divided into four independently functioning parts, in which there are a total of eight apartments and the ground floor of the building is mostly empty space serving as a common part of all residents and the zone of entrances to the buildings with technical rooms (heat exchanger, power connection, water meter). Each part has an independent entrance on the ground floor in the form of a staircase leading to two premises. Each of the apartments has access to a terrace of various widths along its outer perimeter, and to a patio, which additionally illuminates the entrance areas to the apartments and the bathroom.

Building contains 8 apartments 76-75 square meter on 2 levels with usable area: 715,4 square meters.

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Architects

Frantagroup studio.

Area

750 sqm.

Dates

2020.

Location

Redena Hill, Chorzów, Poland.

Photography

Courtesy by Frantagroup studio.

Maciej Franta. Franta Group

Maciej Franta (born in 1983) estableshed the Frantagroup studio, in Poland. He is graduate of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Technology Krakowska and the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated doctoral studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Cracow University of Technology.

Laureate of nationwide and international architectural competitions, including the Center for Education and Sport in Mysiadło (SARP international competition 2008 - 1st prize); Local government kindergarten in Sułkowice (SARP Competition 2013 - 1st prize), Building of the forest arboretum in Syców (2006 - 1st prize), Competition for the development of a housing complex in Zabrze (2019 - 1st prize). Winner of the distinction in in the competition: the Małopolska Voivodeship Award Stanisław Witkiewicz 2018.

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