In Moscow there is a kind of summer tradition ? to run, as far as possible out of the city, closer to nature, to dachas. This was especially true for a large family, who had ordered interior in a country house to za bor architects.

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Architects: za bor architects

Location: Moscow Oblast, Russia

Architect In Charge: Peter Zaytsev, Arseniy Borisenko

Area: 60.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Peter Zaytsev

Construction And Engineering : MAST Story

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Text description provided by the architects. In Moscow there is a kind of summer tradition ? to run, as far as possible out of the city, closer to nature, to dachas. This was especially true for a large family, who had ordered interior in a country house to za bor architects.
© Peter Zaytsev

A beautiful garden with old pine trees was quite nice, but in Moscow's freaky summer you cannot often have open air picnics, since there is no veranda in the house. The studio suggested a spacious gazebo with a summer kitchen that allows to have a rest comfortably with the whole family and friends not depending on the weather.

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The gazebo form is caused on one hand, by the desire of architects to create the most airy, subtle forms, so that the sizeable structure do not look heavy. On the other hand ? to hide the space from the neighboring area ? so there are large volumes ...