01/12/2015 – Villa Matulji, designed by ZDL Architects, overlooks the Kvarner Gulf on the eastern coast of Istria, toward Opatija, Croatia. Set into the hillside, it stands apart from the surrounding urban fabric through both its form and the materials chosen for its cladding.
The interior work by studio-a29 starts from the architectural decisions that shape the exterior volumes. Every detail is designed to create a natural, synergistic communication between spaces, defining a continuity of forms and expressions that speak of essential beauty and useful uniqueness.
Large windows become architectural elements in their own right, tracing the perimeter of the villa while playing with the panorama. Nature becomes a bright, dynamic decoration inside the house.
The dining area is made more intimate through an ingenious closure: the load-bearing partition is faced with brickwork whose pattern changes direction, becoming a kind of capital where the partition meets the roof slab. The kitchen is conceived as one with the dining room, using an island composition to balance interaction between the two areas.
At the meeting point between the two floors, studio-a29 gives dignity to the under-stair space by designing a custom piece of furniture that turns unused space into both a stair parapet and storage for the house. The same balance of form and material continues outside, where clean straight lines set the rhythm around the pool while lush, unruly nature frames the villa.
miranda_shida
Peter Dark
Taus Kishiev
Anna Lohan
