Siberian house — резиденция под Томском

Architectural and Planning Solution of the House

History of the Project

• Many modern architects impose strict limitations on clients, saying things like: "We don’t work with traditional architecture. Only flat roofs and minimalism."
• Our studio approaches this matter more deeply. It’s actually the architect's skill to thoughtfully interpret and modernize tradition — which is exactly what happened in this case.

The client from Tomsk discussed with us the idea of a one-story house of 400 m², located on a picturesque plot with a southern entrance.

A rectangular one-story house of such size immediately creates a dark spot in its center. Therefore, a P-shaped layout was chosen for the planning.

The idea of seeing light and the site immediately upon entering the house is an important feature of a modern home.

The layout is divided into three functional zones:

• Utility and technical rooms (marked in red)
• Public zone (marked in green)
• Residential zone (marked in yellow)

The terrace faces southeast. While the layout was relatively clear from the beginning, the façade posed some challenges.

In the client’s references there were houses with hipped roofs. However, the client clearly wanted a modern-style house. Instead of cutting the overhangs of the hipped roof and turning the house into a giant barn (as many architects do), we found a more elegant solution — placing the roof on shaped column supports.

We went through several forms of columns before finding one of the most elegant ones. To visually highlight the structure of the supports, we used wooden cladding (plank).

• The property has a southern entrance. To the left of the porch is a carport for two cars and a garage entrance for two vehicles. To the right of the porch is a spacious terrace with a glazed area.
• The house is P-shaped, modern, single-storey, with an unheated attic and a hipped roof.

Layout Description

From the porch, we enter a wide hallway with a guest bathroom, long-term storage closet, and a food storage room. From the hallway, we proceed to a central hall offering a view of the northern part of the site.

We access the western part of the house through a vestibule or airlock, from which there is access to a study with a large corner window. The western part also contains a garage with a workshop and boiler room. From the workshop, we can exit to the northern part of the plot.

In the southeast part of the house is a spacious kitchen-living room with a service kitchen, accessible via the food storage room from the hallway. From the living room, we can go out onto a covered and glazed terrace, offering a great view of the dense forest.

In the northeast part of the house is the sleeping area. It includes the master bedroom, a guest room, a children’s room, a shared bathroom, a shared wardrobe, and a laundry room.

Technical and Economic Indicators:

• Total area of the main house – 373.7 m²
• Terrace, porch, and canopy area – 107.8 m²
• Residential area – 136.7 m²
• Footprint of the main house (including roof overhangs up to 4.5 m) – 742.3 m²
• Footprint of the main house by outer walls – 649.93 m²
• Roof height from ground level to ridge varies from 7.3 m to 8.1 m