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The Reclaimed Brick House represents an accurate response to the urban context and the urban planning constraints of the area that shaped this volume on a difficult-to-build lot. The design process involved obtaining several urban planning certificates and strictly respect of all setbacks and regulations of the area, as well as legal requirements
Status: Built
Year: 2016-2023
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Client: Private
Built area: 250 sqm;
Footprint : 75 sqm;
Budget: 350.000 euro
Chief arhitect: arh.Eliza Yokina
Team: arh. Alexandru Cătăuță, interior: arh. Andrada Tarau
Render: Alexandru Cătăuță, Ioana Penescu; Razvan Malancoiu
General designer: Cumulus Architecture
Height: S+P+2ER
Instalation: Deteco; Alyates; Decolight
Structure: Series Consulting
The house has large glazed openings and also brick latticework to allow for interior privacy while filtering both exterior light during the day and interior light at night. The house is organized around a courtyard which become a second living space during the warm period while the upper stair set back terraces offer views of the neighborhood. Thus, the house negotiates each corner in relation to the blind walls around it, on which it sits.