At first glance, the single-family house in Gdansk, designed by architects from Pracownia 111, is a modest, monolithic block with an interesting raw finish on the facade. However, surrounded by a thick concrete shell, the structure hides many interesting solutions.
The 
Limitless house is formed by two forms - a monolithic solid laid on a delicate structure of wood and glass
vision: QNSZT Michał Jagła © Pracownia 111
Limitless House will be built in Gdansk, surrounded by modest single-family socmodernist cottages.
The street frontage, coherent several decades ago, has been destroyed by detrimental expansions. Today, the real value of the property lies in the plot - located in the city, but offering pleasant contact with nature. The spirit of somewhat primitive functionalism, still palpable in the remnants of the original buildings, is one of the informal clues useful in the search for contemporary forms to exploit the investor potential of the neighborhood, write the architects of Studio 111.
Boundaryless House is formed by two forms - the upper part is a heavy and, as the authors of the project emphasize, "silent block", stacked on a delicate structure of wood and glass contrasting with the monolithic body. The upper, visually enclosed floor is dedicated to the night zone with residents' bedrooms. In addition to a skylight in the roof, the architects introduced in this part of the house only windows framing views from the south and west, thus guaranteeing a sense of intimacy for the householders.
The 
selected materials realize the postulate of openness of space and undisturbed contact with nature
vision: QNSZT Michał Jagła © Pracownia 111
The elevations are in the form of a shielding wall of granite dilettos. The considerable length of the elements allows them to be openworked into a wall isolating the upper terrace from the street, so the space remains intimate but not claustrophobic. The variable depth of the beams, in turn, allows to build a strongly chiaroscuro, tectonic drawing of the stone shell - emphasizing its thickness and mass, while offsetting the monotony of the silent surfaces, the designers explain.
view from the garden side
vision: QNSZT Michał Jagła © Pracownia 111
In the design of the house, as the architects emphasize, an attempt was made to return to modernist postulates. One of the basic assumptions of the concept is the opening of the spacious living area located on the first floor to the garden.
We don't focus on blurring the boundaries between inside and outside," the architects write, "we simply refrain from putting them up, retreating to a blank sheet of paper with the outline of the plot. According to the old modernist principle, the plan is open. However, here we treat the entire plot area as a ground plan. So the garden becomes an integral, internal part of this projection, and the role of the outer walls of the house is played by the greenery surrounding the site.
first floor plan
© Pracownia 111
On the street side, the private zone is separated from the public zone by the closed body of the garage, the further part of the first floor of the house is basically devoid of walls - all elements with a load-bearing or space-dividing function have been designed in the form of furniture or openwork installations. The first floor is entirely devoted to a common, open living area housing the kitchen connected to the dining room and living room extended by a summer leisure garden area with a commons and a large table.
cross-section A-A
© Studio 111
In the living room zone, the presence of the building structure was reduced to "intangible" objects like glass panels, an openwork bookcase, and irregular rhythms of wooden razor blades. The only perceptible volume in the first floor space, integrating the garage and the kitchen-utility function, was entirely covered with wooden slats. Consistently selected materials, first of all, realize the postulate of open space and undisturbed contact with nature. At the same time, however, strongly contrasting with the weight of the stone block suspended above, they enhance its impact and build an atmosphere of safe refuge, the designers add.
mockup
© Studio 111
