Bistrica House Bulgaria : Architecture Information

Bistrica House, Bistrica village, Sofia, Bulgaria 2008 I/O architects Private house Total area 87sqm Project 2002 Construction 2003-08 Located in a small mountain village, now a quarter of Sofia, the house is a simple volume floating over the steep triangular plot and a space intended as a martial arts training hall hidden in the slope. The plan is organized between the two solid walls, the veranda, the intermediate space of the stair and the small courtyard/opening in the centre. A suspended hand-woven wooden sticks wattle unifies the external and the internal spaces, serving both as cladding on the blind walls and shading in front of the glazing. Bistrica House images / information from I/O architects 110309