This country house is located in the historic town of Tarusa. The customer purchased the land  with a house on it, built without a project by the previous owner.  

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Architects: Architectural bureau PROJECT905

Location: Tarusa, Kaluga Oblast, Russia

Architects In Charge: Alexey Dunaev, Zapolskaya Marianna

Area: 170.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Sergey Krasyuk

After - Before

This country house is located in the historic town of Tarusa. The customer purchased the land  with a house on it, built without a project by the previous owner.  

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Diagram
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The first step of the renovation was to add a verandah, a porch and bay window, which allowed to place the dining room there. Then we built a terrace and added a doorway leading to the garden on the  south  side. 

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Plan

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The structure of the additions is not connected to the main volume of the house: the new foundations laid at a distance from the old. The construction of the new part is a light wooden frame, which allowed local builders to finish all the work in one summer season.  

Section

The living room is an open multifunctional space with a fireplace an...