The trend for extreme cantilevers continues with this house in Croatia by architect Idis Turato, where one floor dramatically overhangs the other.The architect, Idis Turato wanted to create a building with more of a dominance over the hillside. “The main question is how to control the space encompassed; and subsequently how to develop selective control of encompassed space,” Turato says, explaining his concept to frame parts of the landscape using architecture. Located in the hinterland of the opatija riviera in croatia, the ‘nest and cave house’ remains typologically and morphologically true to the surrounding space as a whole, as it develops a ‘hidden’ side through the dialectics of domination over and subordination to the landscape. Nest and Cave House overlooks the sea in the Opatija Riviera, where houses typically follow a vernacular style with gabled profiles and clay roof tiles. With a total built area of 395,5 square meters, the project is divided into two levels, hinted by the two distinct looking volumes.
According to the official description provided by the architects, “the house consists of an entrenched concrete bunker (the sleeping area) on which a steel spatial grid structure is placed and which elongates into a 17 meter long console. Despite it being constructed within a reductive registry of functions, with only two structural elements and with its apparent division into the sleeping and living area, the house creates a wondrous, ever shifting experience. The dislocated upper part and its hyper-trophic console express the quintessential tension of a Mediterranean house: the battle of the sun and the shadow“. Be sure to check out the video at the end of the post for a special home tour and let us know what you think!
