House Niva

The Niva House is a single-storey family home situated on a flat plot at the edge of fruit tree gardens. Form-wise and in terms of facade surface material, this family home consists of two mutually offset cubes containing the daytime and nighttime areas. The interior of the house is very clear, and from the central hall at the intersection of the daytime and nighttime areas, almost the entire space can be encompassed by a single glance. The living area follows the gentle terrain wave on the plot with a lowered floor level and is accessed by three steps. The ceiling of the living room is elevated compared to the other ceilings in the building, allowing for a basilica window to be placed on the eastern wall under the room's ceiling, through which the space is illuminated by the rays of the morning sun. All rooms in the house face the gardens, and their French windows enhance the connection between the interior and exterior.
The dining nook, located at the boundary between the living room and the often-separated kitchen, is directly connected to the exterior wooden terrace. Part of the building's facade is clad in a distinctly structured exotic wood paneling to enhance the composition among its simple basic volumes.