Summer House

This project is located within the industrial area of Moscow. The client requested a multifunctional recreational area for the warm summer season, where he can bring his family, invite business partners, gather a large company or work alone in silence and meditation. This location is chosen intentionally, to be distanced from the road and production noise, and to be closer to the forest. The primary objective was to limit the visual contact with the factory and open the views to the natural landscape. The whole shape of the arbor supports this concept, as each of its facades is turned to a particular angle to create the intimate atmosphere inside. The basement of the object is a rectangular terrace. The volume of the arbor divides it into three spaces. The first is the open area, facing the factory and organizing the entrance to the pavilion. The center of this space is a tree that shades from the summer sun. The two other spaces are shielded from the factory. One is the covered volume of the arbor, consisting of more and less open areas to create an opportunity for functional separation of the internal space, and the other is the open terrace ...