A Terraced Japanese Garden House Filled With Sculptural Art
Moments of sculptural art enrich this terraced Japanese garden house, which is located in the suburbs of Kyiv, Ukraine. Project ?Oko House? (which translates from Ukrainian as ?Eye House?) is a stunning two-level private dwelling, designed and visualised by Sergey Makhno Architects. A circular window in the main façade forms the ?eye? of the house, […]
Moments of sculptural art enrich this terraced Japanese garden house, which is located in the suburbs of Kyiv, Ukraine. Project ?Oko House? (which translates from Ukrainian as ?Eye House?) is a stunning two-level private dwelling, designed and visualised by Sergey Makhno Architects. A circular window in the main façade forms the ?eye? of the house, which overlooks the layered beauty spot of mature trees, shrubs and lawns. Inspired by Sh?ji doors, the round feature window is crossed with a grid of steel bars in place of the classic wood or bamboo latticework. However, traditional style Sh?ji screens have been used to compartmentalise space elsewhere in this peaceful design, whilst maintaining the link between inside and out.
The line between inside and outside spaces is drawn by an elongated concrete gateway, and a huge concrete archway that echoes the shape of the latticed feature window. Rounded shrubs protrude from the landscape too, popping up along the edges of a stepped pathway that meanders down from the house to a still pond at the bottom of the garden.
Up at the top of the site, Sh?ji doors draw back to rev...
Moments of sculptural art enrich this terraced Japanese garden house, which is located in the suburbs of Kyiv, Ukraine. Project ?Oko House? (which translates from Ukrainian as ?Eye House?) is a stunning two-level private dwelling, designed and visualised by Sergey Makhno Architects. A circular window in the main façade forms the ?eye? of the house, which overlooks the layered beauty spot of mature trees, shrubs and lawns. Inspired by Sh?ji doors, the round feature window is crossed with a grid of steel bars in place of the classic wood or bamboo latticework. However, traditional style Sh?ji screens have been used to compartmentalise space elsewhere in this peaceful design, whilst maintaining the link between inside and out.
The line between inside and outside spaces is drawn by an elongated concrete gateway, and a huge concrete archway that echoes the shape of the latticed feature window. Rounded shrubs protrude from the landscape too, popping up along the edges of a stepped pathway that meanders down from the house to a still pond at the bottom of the garden.
Up at the top of the site, Sh?ji doors draw back to rev...
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