Edge House, Poland / Mobius Architects

Edge house, poland / mobius architects
Photograph © Pawel Ulatowski

Project Details:
Location: Krakow, Poland
Type: Residential – Houses
Building area : 860m2
Architects: Mobius Architects – Przemek Olczyk
Interior Design: Monika Kozlowska
Photographs: Pawel Ulatowski

The house owes its narration to a local anomaly – a slope plot with a view on the mountains surrounding Cracow is knifed through by an 8-meter lime rock.

The rock edge divides the plot into two levels, the lower one providing full privacy to the house owners, while the upper one – offering a panoramic view, as well as neighboring other buildings. It is an expression of the seemingly impossible – to build a house on the edge and to connect to plot parts to be able to use its potential to the fullest.

Edge house, poland / mobius architects
Photograph © Pawel Ulatowski

The building respects all design laws – all houses in this location must have pitched roofs with eaves and 37-degree slopes. The outcome is a quadric-prism form located in the upper part of the plot with an extension over the edge of the slope.

Edge house, poland / mobius architects
Photograph © Pawel Ulatowski

The cubature subjects to gravitation, tilting and ‘sliding’ down the slope. The outcome is an “overturned box”, emphasizing the dramatic nature of this topography. The tilted walls hence become the pitched roof required by law.

Edge house, poland / mobius architects
Photograph © Pawel Ulatowski

The tilted quadric-prism is the proper housing part. The living area is located at ground level to give it an impressive view.

Edge house, poland / mobius architects
Photograph © Pawel Ulatowski

The upper part of the plot was modified and separated from the neighbors using artificial banks replacing fences, and two additional building wings for auxiliary functions: garage and swimming pool. The form of both wings is softened by wavy wood-lined walls, and a green roof to blend with the surrounding.

Edge house, poland / mobius architects
Photograph © Pawel Ulatowski

Black schist, copper plate and green wing architecture is accompanied by the white terrace frame, thanks to which the obligatory eaves and the general form are enriched by balconies, terraces and footbridges – every room opens up to the garden. An extensive living room from the side of the slope has the biggest terrace suspended on an 8-meter arm.

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