Dinca House

Borsa is a city in the northern part of Romania, stretching across 47.000 hectares (largest city in Romania) with approximately 30.000 inhabitants, half of which are working outside the Romanian borders (especially in Italy). The recent economic prosperity has caused an increase of 'showy' buildings mainly in the city's 'downtown' (the areas with the best exposure). The clients bought 3 city central plots with a total surface of 1200sqm. These parcels lie between rural houses, contemporary villas and socialist apartment blocks. The request was for a house that should generously answer the functional and emblematic needs of a local young dentist and his family. This house should shelter, apart from the 'classical' spaces, a garage for four cars, a guests' apartment, a club, a study, parent's apartment, openair kitchen and a wood storage.

The solution interprets the existence of the three plots and mediates between the client's attachment for the traditional house image, the desire of new and 'contemporary' and the requested spaces' size. The house lies alongside the street, showing a repetitive pattern (a 3-in-1 house), while the secondary building is set on the back edge of the parcel, enclosing a private courtyard. The structure is combining concrete, porotherm brick and wooden structure for the roof. The house is insulated with 15cm styrofoam and uses solar panels for heating.The exterior and interior gardens are to be planted with trees and smaller plants. plot surface:1200sqm, total house surface: 684sqm