CASA cu PANTA

2024

A difficult site, an architecture project that was completely guided by the site.

We had an existing building position we had to keep, a south facing façade towards the hill, with a beautiful view towards Cluj-Napoca. And of course we had the hill, with it’s aggressive incline and associated landslide risks . The client requested a very easy and natural interaction with the garden, so we created multiple terraced platforms, that intertwine the outside and the inside on different levels.

The contemporary design followed a simple scheme, of posting the entrance on the most northern point, closest to the car access, the living room in the center of the house, connected to a big outside terrace, and the sleeping spaces on the higher levels. On the lowest level of the house, with access towards the garden we also have a summer kitchen.

From an energy efficiency point of view, the house is proposed as Nzeb, but it has many Passive house elements, including a thick insulation system, with no thermal bridges, highly efficient windows, installed on the outside of a CLT structure, ventilation system, and a heat pump system

Team: arh. Cosmin Morarescu, arh. stag.

Renders: Sooner Viz

Brief :

A main feature of the site, and one we chose to emphasize through window views, and the orientation of the house.
one of the first discussed criteria. We settled on an Nzeb standard, cost-wise we had to adjust expectations. We incorporated a thick insulation system, with no thermal bridges, highly efficient windows, installed on the outside of a CLT structure, ventilation system, and a heat pump system, all in a well sealed structure.
The first request was to incorporate a roof, in a contemporary design, with neutral warm and cozy colours.
The space must relate to the outside on it’s different levels.
A main issue to solve is regarding the very unstable and abrupt terrain, which profoundly influenced the architecture of the house.
The use of CLT structure was a requirement, both for it’s esthetic appeal, and for it’s ease in installation.