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RB23 Boutique Residence Domus Unius Familiae by Pawel Lis

RB23 Boutique Residence Domus Unius Familiae by Pawel Lis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Architectura Competition Category.


ArgentumArchitectura· 2023

RB23 Boutique Residence Domus Unius Familiae

by Pawel Lis

Client: Pawel Lis Architekci

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About RB23 Boutique Residence Domus Unius Familiae

RB23 Residentia Boutique est domus unius familiae duabus contignationibus exstructa in vico silvestri prope Varsoviam. Forma ex tribus solidis rectangulis componitur, quorum inspiratio a lignis quadratis sparsis ducta est. Frontes tegulis clinkeriis vestiuntur, parietes latere structili aedificati sunt, et tecta monolithica sunt. Fenestra lata et angusta in frontem primae contignationis impressa est atque in silvam circumiacentem aperitur. Area utilis ducenta octoginta quinque metra quadrata continet. Cuique familiae membro cubiculum proprium est, et zonae diurnae ac nocturnae plane separantur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

RB23 Boutique Residence Domus Unius Familiae victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur RB23 Boutique Residence Domus Unius Familiae opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. RB23 Boutique Residence Domus Unius Familiae creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Can the modern 300 meters house aspire to be a residence? Of course it can. Exemple of such residence is our realization- RB23 house. This house is not monumental and multi-storey with a driveway for several cars, not does it have a heated swimming pool in the garden. RB23 does not resemble the residences from the neighborhood. Is a light and dynamic architecture composed of three rectangular clinker solids. The characteristic element of this building is a wide and narrow window from the front side pressed into the body of the first floor. The window vigilantly observes the life going on in the surrounding forest.
Dimensions & Packaging
Two-story house. Usable area 285m2, ground area 1800m2, location near Warsaw.
Tags
rb23, boutique residence, contemporary architecture, contemporary polish houses
Production Technology
Monolithic ceilings, construction brick walls, sheet metal roof, facades covered with clinker tiles, windows with aluminum frames
Design Challenge
The most difficult part of whole project process was to change the investors thinking about suburban house. In Poland still very popular is a stereotype vision of suburban villas close to the 19th century Polish manors.
Research
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Inspiration
Investor returned with his memories to early years of childhood when he was a fan of wooden blocks. That was our inspiration. We scattered blocks and created a model of a house. Their ergonomic form was close to our thinking of this house. Important was to create some elements referring to surroundings, so a characteristic element of this building is a wide and narrow window from the front side pressed into the body of the first floor. We were inspired by old pulpits at the edge of the forest.
Project Duration
Project finished in 2018. End of house construction 2019-2020. Location - a forest village near Warsaw
Operation Flow
The project met the expectations of investors, although initially they wanted a larger house. Each of the household members has their own room, there are 3 bathrooms and the night and day zones are clearly separated from each other. On the ground floor there is an office and an additional room for guests. The daytime zone flows smoothly into the relaxation zone ended with a terrace with a small heated swimming pool. Reducing the area of ​​the house didn’t negatively affect its function.
Patents
Copyrights belong to pawel lis, 2020
Team Members
Pawel Lis
Image Credits
1: photographer Radek Galczynski, 2019/2020
2: photographer Radek Galczynski, 2019/2020
3: photographer Radek Galczynski, 2019/2020
4: photographer Radek Galczynski, 2019/2020
5: photographer Radek Galczynski, 2019/2020
6: photographer Radek Galczynski, 2019/2020

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