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Fence House

In a site close to the woods in Poland, Mode:lina divided a single family house in two, carefully separating spaces for kids and adults, with a common ground floor.

Mode:lina architects completed a house in Borówiec near Poznan, Poland, made of two blocks with a pitched roof and an asymmetric garage cube. The street facade has few windows to protect the inhabitants from the noise, while several fences provide a sense of security.

The building is complemented with simple, raw materials such as bricks, concrete and grey metal sheets. The shape of the house is dictated by its function. The owners, parents with two children, wanted to divide the house in two parts in order to let the kids go crazy in their “own house”: the ground floor is in common, while the first floors are separated, so to grant a quiet area.

The kitchen is extended into the garden and a large living room with a mezzanine reaches the attic. There is an unusual feature in the hallway, where the owner’s exhibit a collection car within a graphite cube. Window openings allow visual connections between the rooms, while big glazing connect the kitchen and the dining area with the garden and the surrounding forest. The living room is a large, open space, with a mezzanine and a library, based on the large steel beams. Bookshelves are built with old oak beams.