{"id":10039,"date":"2016-09-09T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T16:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/en\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2016-11-12T16:45:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T16:45:23","slug":"house-for-memories-or-how-to-transmute-architecture-out-of-very-banal-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/en\/house-for-memories-or-how-to-transmute-architecture-out-of-very-banal-things\/","title":{"rendered":"House for Memories Or how to transmute architecture out of very banal things"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>PROJECT, TEXT &amp; PHOTO:&nbsp;<strong>Simona Pribeagu Schmid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simona Pribeagu Schmid is a Romanian arhitect, living&nbsp;and working in Switzerland. Designing and overseeing the&nbsp;construction of a small house for her parents in the small city of&nbsp;Alexandria meant dealing with a tight budget, cheap standard&nbsp;materials and average building skills.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The home takes its inspiration from the local tradition,&nbsp;the so&#8209;called &rdquo;wagon&#8209;houses&rdquo; from Romanian cities and villages,&nbsp;constructions on long and narrow plots, that open towards a&nbsp;stretched lateral, courtyard, and always displayed vernacular&nbsp;and enthusiastic interpretations of every period&rsquo;s ornaments,&nbsp;from end&#8209;of&#8209;the&#8209;century French classicism, to national style&nbsp;or Art&#8209;Deco.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17716\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/02_B_Referenta-Alexandria-casa-gri-bleu-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"02_B_Referenta Alexandria-casa gri-bleu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sectiune-AA.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sectiune-AA-1024x361.jpg\" title=\"sectiune AA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17720\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sectiune-AA-1024x361.jpg\" alt=\"sectiune AA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it looks like two wagon&#8209;houses are brought&nbsp;together by a central body, housing a luminous and generous&nbsp;common room. A modular and flexible space structure allows&nbsp;for evolution in dwelling, even for changes in function (towards a&nbsp;small kindergarten, medical office etc.).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17721\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/04_A_Exterior-de-pe-poteca-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"04_A_Exterior-de pe poteca\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\"><\/p>\n<p>The structure is simple&nbsp;and strongly defines the house: bearing walls shape clearly&nbsp;defined rooms and individual openings, the timber floor is left&nbsp;visible on the inside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01_A_Interior-sufragerie-spre-fata.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01_A_Interior-sufragerie-spre-fata-1024x627.jpg\" title=\"01_A_Interior-sufragerie spre fata\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17722\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/01_A_Interior-sufragerie-spre-fata-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"01_A_Interior-sufragerie spre fata\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cheap and conventional materials are creatively assembled,&nbsp;&ldquo;hacked&rdquo;, transformed into architectural signs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07_A_Interior-spre-fata-2.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07_A_Interior-spre-fata-2-812x1024.jpg\" title=\"07_A_Interior-spre fata 2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17726\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/07_A_Interior-spre-fata-2-812x1024.jpg\" alt=\"07_A_Interior-spre fata 2\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Careful&nbsp;detailing and on&#8209;site adaptation and explaining were also a key&nbsp;for success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Detalii-sape-terase.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Detalii-sape-terase-1024x485.jpg\" title=\"Detalii sape terase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17723\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Detalii-sape-terase-1024x485.jpg\" alt=\"Detalii sape terase\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No imitation of ancient models here, rather an interpretation&nbsp;of scale, spaces, friendliness, the general happy and&nbsp;relaxed pragmatic way of dealing with colour and materials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12_AB_Detaliu-sina-de-perdea.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12_AB_Detaliu-sina-de-perdea-687x1024.jpg\" title=\"12_AB_Detaliu sina de perdea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17717\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12_AB_Detaliu-sina-de-perdea-687x1024.jpg\" alt=\"12_AB_Detaliu sina de perdea\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11_B_Detaliu-pardoseli.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11_B_Detaliu-pardoseli-692x1024.jpg\" title=\"11_B_Detaliu pardoseli\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17718\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/11_B_Detaliu-pardoseli-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"11_B_Detaliu pardoseli\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By varying the height, the rough green socket ads in tension and proportion to the facade.&nbsp;At the same time, it integrates the house into the garden and protects the facade from soiling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05_A_Iarba-pe-burlane.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05_A_Iarba-pe-burlane-767x1024.jpg\" title=\"05_A_Iarba pe burlane\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17724\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/05_A_Iarba-pe-burlane-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"05_A_Iarba pe burlane\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The height, the&nbsp;plan typology, threefold fa&ccedil;ade, various colors, variety of textures, attention to detail, themes that ennoble the traditional houses, recur here also.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06_A_Interior-intrare.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06_A_Interior-intrare-592x1024.jpg\" title=\"06_A_Interior-intrare\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17725\" src=\"https:\/\/e-zeppelin.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/06_A_Interior-intrare-592x1024.jpg\" alt=\"06_A_Interior-intrare\" width=\"592\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AUTHOR: Simona Pribeagu Schmid<\/p>\n<p>COLLABORATORS: Patrick Schmid,&nbsp;Gabriel Pribeagu<\/p>\n<p>PLACE: Alexandria, Teleorman County,&nbsp;Romania<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL BUILT AREA: 170 m2<\/p>\n<p>The project received the award of the&nbsp;Residential Architecture&mdash;Individual Dwelling section, Bucharest<\/p>\n<p>Architecture Annual Exhibition, 2016 edition<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROJECT, TEXT &amp; PHOTO:&nbsp;Simona Pribeagu Schmid Simona Pribeagu Schmid is a Romanian arhitect, living&nbsp;and working in Switzerland. 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