Under-Extension Villa

Night time view of the villa with its surrounding landscape

The Building

The project involves an extension to a 19th-century villa located in a beautiful Alpine resort next to Lake Bled. Both - the existing villa and the landscape, were strictly regulated by the National Heritage organization. The design brief required for the main living area to be twice its current size and for the majority of the spaces to face the lake.

Panormaic view of the villa interiors

The design addresses the main challenge of incorporating the new 700-m² addition whilst respecting the restrictions the villa and the surrounding landscape were subjected to, by placing the newer spaces introduced beneath the ground floor of the existing villa.

The interior spaces are organized so as to maximize views onto the neighboring lake

The extension forms a rounded base around the house - 'a pillow covered by the landscape' as the architects describe it. Looking from the other side of the lake, the 'pillow' blurs with the surrounding landscape. The elevation under the pillow is glazed and overlooks the lake.

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