• UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

    UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

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    UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

  • UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

    UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

  • UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

    UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

  • UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

    UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

  • UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

    UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

  • UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

    UArchitects/ Misak Terzibasiyan

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2020 WAN Awards entry: Living among the trees - UArchitects

Living among the trees by UArchitects is an entry in the Future Projects - Residential Category of the 2020 WAN Awards

by Copy taken from 2020 entry 05 June 2020 2020 Future Projects

“Living among the trees”; trees are an integral part of the architecture. The three homes are perched on an elevation above the forest floor, the forest landscape continuing uninterrupted beneath and around the houses.

The context is a beautiful corner position facing the public space on two sides and looking out on trees on two sides. By lifting and cantilevering the floors, a building is created that allows the outdoor area to be extended. Voids and recesses inside the building provide open views and the trees between the built areas offer a continuance of the forest landscape. The homes land, as it were, in the forest and the contrast between nature and architecture is softened by the use of natural materials. Their treatment process and texture provide added transparency as well as a boundary of the space.

The narrow and minimal amount of construction on the ground floor, and the overhangs of the timber structure with its diversity in transparency, allow the application of timber to dissolve seamlessly into the backdrop of a small woodland. In particular, the ambivalence of the lighting on the ground floor and the apparent heaviness of the floor above it give an interesting answer to the building's location.

A feeling of temporality due to lifting the ensemble up and the immediate presence of the chosen architectural language and material/colour reflect the paradox of living on a beautiful corner location with beautiful vistas, amidst the trees.

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Last year more than 40 countries took part in the WAN Awards with strong showings from Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. And we saw some truly outstanding projects, take a look at the winners from last year here.

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