The once green karst region remained barren after the Venetians cut down the oaks. The wind peeled away the earth and revealed an abundance of limestone. In this landscape, traditional houses are small, compact, stony and almost windowless houses. The compact Karst house, intended for a young family, is designed as a monolithic band with two inserted wooden volumes connected by a stopover.
The ground floor serves mainly as a public or semi-public space with several great landscape views, while the upper floor is very private and only has a view of the sky. The two inlaid wooden volumes contain a kitchen and bathroom downstairs and a master bedroom and children's room upstairs. The redefinition of a traditional stony karst roof with its texture, color, material and steep slope is carried out as a contemporary concrete interpretation with technologically inventive approaches that reflect the traditional materials used in the region.
Source: Dekleva Gregoric Architects
Photos: Janez Marolt
