BROKEN BARN

location Bielany Wrocławskie, Poland
investor private,
project/realization 2006/2007-2009
author dr inż. arch. Tomasz Głowacki,
co-author mgr inż. arch. Paweł Steć,
project team mgr inż. arch. Paweł Wróblewski,
construction mgr inż. Mirosław Niziński,
sanitary system mgr inż. Piotr Adam Peregudowski, Jacek Czarniecki,
wiring dr inż. Barbara Majchrzak
usable floor area 343 m²
total site area 2 000 m²

The form of the broken barn house adjusts to the local land development plan and to the shape of the plot. 340 square meters of functional programme required by the investor were put into the simple, archetypal form of a pitched roof barn. The central break visually diminishes the scale of the building and at the same time creates an intimate terrace space open to the south. The openings towards the yard are formed by the offsets in the façade. This simple architectural procedure emphasized by darker facade color creates roofed niches and gives the house an attractive look. Big openings and glazing of the gable walls, first-floor loggia and balcony on the east and west wall are the counterweight for the full, closed corps of the building. The centre of the house is a double-storey winter garden, seen in the façade as a big glazing at the break point. The Warm, wooden façade contrasts well with the structonite roof, dark plates in the niches and graphite woodwork. The open space of the combined living-room, dining-room and kitchen spreads around the winter garden. The private rooms: bedrooms, study rooms and bathrooms are placed in the second floor side wings. Separated from each other children's and the parents' spaces are linked by the suspended footbridge. Simple solutions and precise details emphasize the contemporary character of the house.