Housing on Creta street

description
The 1993-1996 period, corresponding to the design and execution of the project, is a close period to the late modernism of the curved joints and glazed corners developed on two levels, from which the architect will get himself detached after a while. Placed on a small, 215 square meter site, the construction is bound to comply to the required withdrawals and it is developed vertically by overlapping the two apartments requested by the theme. Thus, initially, one of the apartments was placed on the first two levels and the other one - belonging to a different family - on levels 2 and 3, both of these apartments passed into the property of one single owner. The necessary voids for an adequate lighting are exposed in a folded composition on the two accessible facades - the main entrance towards Creta street and the other side facade. Access is done separately from these two sides and each of them has a different level of privacy: the one that is closer to the street is done perpendicularly, along the construction and the other one creates a withdrawn concavity towards the plan of the side facade, like traditional mediation mechanisms between exterior/public and interior/private. The semicircular wall that participates to the entry area shelters the kitchen space, equipped with furniture ordered from Italy. The nearby living room climb partially two levels, while being closed towards the exterior through a large glazed structure. The bedrooms are placed towards the back side of the lot, having … The other apartment is developing similar as arrangement of the rooms, depending on their destination – towards the street the kitchen, the dining room and the living room, which benefits from a curved balcony, while the sleeping areas are located in the area with the maximum level of privacy.  
project details
project title: housing on Creta street, Bucharest
location: Bucharest
main author: arch. Radu Teacă
collaborators: arch. Remus Hârşan, arch. Dragoş Perju
structure: eng. Ştefan Crăciun
year of design: 1993
year of completion: 1996
photo credit: Radu Teacă