Villa Lokaator | Kavakava Architects
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Situated nearby an ex-Soviet military town, which housed a nuclear submarine training base, Villa Locator deliberately advances the theme of its desolate surroundings. Starting point was an old army barrack made of calcium silicate bricks. The client?s brief was to reinterpret the surrounding military environment and keep the bulky 65-cm-thick existing walls as load bearing external walls. Renovated brick walls are visible in the interior of the house.
Courtesy of Kavakava Architects – Photographs : Paul Riddle, Martin Siplane
Because of the building restrictions on the seaside plot, the barrack gave beforehand the constrained size of the groundwork for the new building. Prominent feature of the villa is two protruding consoles looking at the sea. These two ?locators?, each with an individual staircase, were added to enlarge the living area. Courtesy of Kavakava Architects – Model
Consoles are balanced on the other side of the building by a projecting motorcycle garage. Thus the building has two contrasting facades: glazed sea view facade with a terrace which is communicating with the environment and a hermetic street facade with vertical window slits for the southern sun. The rough aesthetic of concrete has been fully exploited in the general structure of the building.
Courtesy of Kavakava Architects – Photographs : Paul Riddle, Martin Siplane
In the interior, segregated spaces of a barrack have ...
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