Estefan House Extension

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© Bogdan Vitec
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© Mihai Dutescu
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© Mihai Dutescu
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© Mihai Dutescu
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© Bogdan Vitec
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© Mihai Dutescu
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Authors

Dorin Stefan,

Collaborators

Building physics: STEFAN CACIULESCU; Interiors: ANDA STEFAN DS BIROU DE ARHITECTURA; Building technology: MIHAI PASCU LARA EXIM; Construction manager: CRISTIAN BARBU

Program

Single house
Completion
2005

FOR THIS OLD HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND CONVERTED MANY TIMES,THE ARCHITECT ASSUMED SOME ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES: THE FRAGMENT AND MULTIPLE LAYERS. FAR FROM THE OVER TRIUMPHANT MINIMALIST OF THE RECENT YEARS,THE PROJECT SETTLES AND UNFOLDS THE ELEMENTS INTO A NEW COMPOSITION WHERE DEPTH IS PRIVILEGED AND THE CONCRETE VOLUMES , STEEL PROFILES AND LARGE SHEETS OF GLASS INTERPLAY WITH THE WALLS AND MOULDS OF THE OLD HOUSE. IT IS DELICATE AS A JAPANESE WORK OF ART , BUT ONE THAT PERFECTLY FITS THE TRAANSPARENCY OF THE URBAN FABRIC OF BUCHAREST

THE HOUSE HAS ITS OWN STORY: IT'S A CONFESSION. IN 1940 , THE OUTBULDINGS WERE CONVERTED INTO A STUDIO ; IN 1960 , A KITCHEN WAS ADDED ,WHILE IN 1973 A LIVINGROOM WITH A GALLERY AND A GARAGE IN THE SEMI-BASEMENT APPEARED. IN 1995 , WE ARRANGED THE BEDROOMS IN THE ATTIC. ALL THESE SEQUENCES NEEDED UN UMBRELLA OF REPRESENTATION AND FUNCTION I COULD ONLY SEE A FUNNEL: A FUNNEL LIKE SPACE THAT COULD ABSORB THE OPENING , THE YARD, AND NATURE. AN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AT THE SAME TIME, FLOATING AND ILLUSION

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