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House of the Engineer (Russia)
Category: Best Project of Private Residence
Project
House of the Engineer
Category
Best Project of Private Residence
About the project (provided by the applicant)
This house is the physical embodiment of the inner world of its client, a metallurgical engineer who spent his life among the noise of machines and utilitarian factory architecture. The project is his personal manifesto, where smooth forms are combined with a traditional hipped roof to reveal important aspects of the human soul. In this design, elements of postmodernism oppose the industrial environment: rounded load-bearing structures, an oval entrance opening, and a soft niche for a built-in barbecue.
The philosophy of the project is the hidden voice of the soul. The rounded capitals atop the columns are personal elements, similar to an architectural order, born from a craving for smooth and rounded forms that bring peace and comfort so essential for quiet family evenings. The appearance of the house answers the question of what the home of a person who finds joy in simple everyday things might look like. This is a case when architecture reflects an inner world — one that leaves room for emotions, experiences, and the pursuit of simplicity and clarity in everything.
Location
Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Region, Russia
Project design year
2024
Extra visual materials
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/8FKLXZ2n_Oi2aA
Applicant
Alexander Teslenko
“I work as an architect at the HomesPro studio. I graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 2024.”
Author of the project
Alexander Teslenko, Vitaly Zlobin, Alexey Pavlov, Egor Kholodenko
Visualization
Alexander Teslenko
Status of the project
Working drawings
