Awarded! World Architecture | 2010

We are pleased to announce our winning project for the WA Architecture Awards, 9th Cycle. The World Architecture community and the Honorary Members have awarded the project “Glass House” for outstanding residential design.

The house was built around the concept of transparency as a means of interaction and introspection. The envelope of the building consists of wide glass surfaces screened by strong metal elements, hence the name of the building.
The greenhouse represents the central point for the building and it dictates the configuration of the other rooms. It connects all the floors, from the basement to the first level. Alongside the generous openings to the yard, it emphasizes the fluidity of the construction. In this way natural light and vegetation shape the composition of the volumes, integrating the building into the natural surroundings.

The entire house is open towards the yard and the pool. In order to benefit the most of the garden, the ground floor is occupied by one simple volume that hosts the common spaces and the greenhouse. The night area, located on the upper level, occupies a rectangular prism parallel to the first one and a large volume positioned perpendicular to the latter. The central volume is elongated towards the pool, forming a console that creates the impression that the building is floating. An sunken courtyard assures the illumination of the underground spaces – the study, the staff room and the technical spaces.