The OKO house is positioned as a “prefabricated summer cottage for a good rest” - that is, for family and friendly gatherings away from the bustle of the city, in the bosom of nature. It differs from many other similar projects by several essential characteristics.
The first OKO house was ordered by Vladislav Kopitsa, the founder of the Open Village project, an exhibition of suburban real estate, which then turns into a residential community. The task was to design a house that could then be replicated.
Azat Khasanov, Architectural group AZON, Studio of private houses NEARBY
We have developed OKO ready-made houses after several years of practice for people who need a good design, but the budget does not allow inviting architects. Standard cottage settlements, which largely form the suburban real estate market, consist of 80% of the same standard plots, similar in their parameters: a rectangle with a narrow side facing a street passage with three neighbors. Why come up with a new project every time? We held several round tables with the participation of colleagues, developers and builders and, having specified the data, proposed a project that plays well with the context of cottage settlements. Its concept is a stylish and practical design for a good holiday in the countryside. “Hug your loved ones, not the lawnmower or the mop” is a design approach that allows families to spend more time with each other, rather than apart mowing or cleaning.
The image of the house largely determined the area bordering on one side with the forest. The forest was taken as the main value, so the house is turned towards it "in front" - the largest facade in terms of area with a double row of windows and a spacious terrace - an additional "room", the walls of which are trees, and the roof is blue sky. Later, a pergola was invented for the terrace, which continues the facade theme of the house and closes the terrace from neighbors, replacing trees if they are not on the site.
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zooming 1/5 View from the side of the forest. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 2/5 Terrace, detail. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 3/5 Terrace, general view. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 4/5 View of the terrace from the plot. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 5/5 Pergola on the terrace. House OKO © studio NEXT
The ends of the house are practically deaf, and from the side of the street the owners are greeted by a discreet facade and a porch open with a visor, behind the entrance is the main goal of the journey - a terrace in the shade of trees. The house, therefore, is a kind of portal through which the transition is made practically from the mundane to the sacred: from an ordinary cottage street with a parking lot, a lawn and a well - to a forest with all its obvious and hidden treasures.
The facades are sheathed with planed boards arranged in a diagonal pattern, hinting at the interlacing of the branches. Visors that protect the glass from dirt have become a modern interpretation of the platbands.
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zooming General view from the side of the street. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming General view from the side of the street. House OKO © studio NEXT
It is assumed that in good weather the terrace is the main place; in addition to the usual chairs and tables, you can even install a pool bowl here. The house itself is divided into two equal parts: a “quiet” one with three bedrooms and a “noisy” one with a kitchen and a spacious dining-living room, complemented by a mezzanine - a secluded space, focused primarily on children who have their own gatherings. The border of these territories is the fireplace hall - a visual corridor that allows you to see the terrace and the forest at the very moment when the owner is just approaching the house.
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zooming 1/4 Children's room. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 2/4 Living room with access to the terrace. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 3/4 View through the living room to the forest. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 4/4 Fireplace hall. House OKO © studio NEXT
OKO became the first "typical ready-made" house of the studio RYADOM, later it was finalized in several sizes and in two construction technologies - a wooden frame and aerated concrete block. The area of the smallest OKO is impressive - 94 m2, but it costs a little less than 4 million rubles. You can examine the house in all details and learn about it from the mouth of the creator here. In the past 2020, the house entered the long list of the ArchiWOOD award.
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zooming 1/4 Concept of the house. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 2/4 Site development scheme. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 3/4 House plan. House OKO © studio NEXT
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zooming 4/4 Sketch for a facade solution. House OKO © studio NEXT
