Rogač House / Studio Archaos

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  • Architects: Studio Archaos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  225
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Bosnic+Dorotic
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  ACB Iluminación, Adimax Astor, Bravarija Botica, Ikea, Miocen
  • Lead Architect / Project Team : Srđan Ostojić, Toni Kerum
  • Cheif Civil Engineer / Project Team : Krešimir Ćavar
  • City: Vis
  • Country: Croatia
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Rogač House  / Studio Archaos - Exterior Photography, Windows
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Text description provided by the architects. Rogač House is situated in the town of Vis, on the island of the same name. Erected on a steep plot, overlooking the Vis harbor and historical center, the house is surrounded by numerous hundred-year-old carob trees - hence the name (Carob - Rogač). Its layout is organized toward the view of an idyllic bay and the sea. The archetypal monolithic structure, made of coarsely chiseled stone, rises out of the steep slope and lush vegetation, while the shape of the house echoes the shape of the nearby tower.

Rogač House  / Studio Archaos - Exterior Photography, Facade, Windows
© Bosnic+Dorotic

The arrangement of the openings on the facade is a product of the thoughtful gradation of different vistas and degrees of privacy. The playful shaping of the smaller deep window openings evokes the feeling of a cavelike shelter while the larger openings, continuous with the terraces and balconies, act as frames for spectacular panoramic views.

Rogač House  / Studio Archaos - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Bosnic+Dorotic

The authentic Vis stone is used for the construction of the house. The stone is in synergy with the honed concrete blocks and surfaces which make up the console terraces, the balcony, the bridge to the entrance of the house, the paths, the loggia, and the roof. The surfaces have been conceived to protrude out of the stone structure of the house as if they were cut off bridges. The chosen materiality of the house preserves the memory of the local tradition, bringing together a symbiosis of the archaic (stone) and the contemporary (concrete). The house as a fragment honors the formal and the constructive relationships with the historical center of the town.

Rogač House  / Studio Archaos - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Bosnic+Dorotic

On its southern side, the building plot is flanked by a paved road. Due to the exceptionally steep slope on which the plot is situated, combined with the building regulations which require a house to be a certain distance from the road, a concrete bridge has been constructed as the sole driveway to the house. This southern facade, facing the road, is completely blank, reduced in its structure to only two openings: the main entrance to the house, accentuated by the bridge, and another, side entrance, accentuated by the long exterior staircase carved into the steep terrain.

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Plan - Ground floor
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Plan - 1st floor
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Section 1-1

The top floor of the house is almost entirely taken up by the master bedroom with the adjoining bathroom. The bedroom opens out onto a roof terrace which, protected from all sides by elevated walls, offers a unique view of Vis and the Dalmatian islands. A console staircase leads down to two bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and private balcony and loggia. Another staircase leads further down to the common room.

Rogač House  / Studio Archaos - Interior Photography, Dining room, Table, Chair, Windows
© Bosnic+Dorotic
Rogač House  / Studio Archaos - Interior Photography, Bedroom
© Bosnic+Dorotic

The enclosed space under the staircase hides an inbuilt bathroom and storage while the open kitchen, living, and dining room give access to the spacious console terrace, the focal point of summer activities. The terrace, embedded in abundant vegetation, makes use of the shadow and the shade that the house provides. The bottom floor of the house includes wine storage and it opens onto a shaded summer kitchen placed under the console of the upper-floor terrace. The space becomes an intimate garden terrace, adjoined by a monolithic concrete pool, surrounded by the lush carob trees which also serve as a screen hiding the terrace from the outside. 

Rogač House  / Studio Archaos - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Bosnic+Dorotic

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Cite: "Rogač House / Studio Archaos" 12 Apr 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/980031/rogac-house-studio-archaos> ISSN 0719-8884

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