This wood-frame house in Nagykovácsi, not far from the capital, was designed for a young graphic designer. As the client, she expressed her needs clearly and took an active part in the design and construction process, which came to incorporate the proportions of her design universe. The house?s mid-sized plot is at the foot of the Zsíros-hegy hill, bordered by a narrow and relatively deep wooded ravine to the north.

© Andras Zoltai

Architects: Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop

Location: Nagykovácsi, Hungary

Lead Architects: Denes Emil Ghyczy , Lukacs Szederkenyi

Area: 100.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Andras Zoltai

© Andras Zoltai
From the architect. This wood-frame house in Nagykovácsi, not far from the capital, was designed for a young graphic designer. As the client, she expressed her needs clearly and took an active part in the design and construction process, which came to incorporate the proportions of her design universe. The house?s mid-sized plot is at the foot of the Zsíros-hegy hill, bordered by a narrow and relatively deep wooded ravine to the north.

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Twenty years ago, this area was still all holiday homes, but today family homes of various shapes and sizes are springing up all around. At first sight against that background, the wooden house overlooking the ravine sticks out of the streetscape, as if it were the first representative of some s...