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J2 House

This is a project by 3LHD and it is located at Zagreb, Croatia. Project's program: Single family house. There are twelve images for J2 House.

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Project details

Project name: J2 House
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Program: Single family house
Area: Site area: 687 m2 • Gross floor area: 396 m2
Year: Project start: March 2004 • Construction start: September 2005 • Completion: July 2007
More details: Footprint: 159 m2 • Entry level: 201 m
Project by: 3LHD
Team: Project team: Saša Begovic, Marko Dabrovic, Silvije Novak, Tatjana Grozdanic Begovic, Irena Mažer, Marin Mikelic • Collaborators: Paula Kukuljica, Lucija Stanicic, Marija Babojelic, Ivan Palijan

Project images

Designer's statement

The family house for a young couple with children is located in the green residential part of the city of Zagreb. The former family house was built in the 1950s on a steep hill slope and did not fully use all the advantages of the site nor did it meet the requirements of contemporary living standards. The beautiful view to the city and large garden was not valued appropriately.

On both sides the site is bordered by a street and a high building. These contextual facts determined the concept and the shape of the new project. The “L” layout with closed fronts „protects“ the house from the street and the neighbouring building. At the same time the garden has been redesigned with all the main rooms in the house oriented towards it. The living room, dining room and kitchen form a unique space and together with a swimming pool are built into the ground. In this way, being at the same level and separated from each other by a glass wall they bring the garden into the house. The house entrance is above, at street level, together with garage, storages, closet-space and studio. The family area is above the entrance space along with the living and dining rooms.

The materials used for the façades correspond to the spatial organisation of facilities. The living and dining spaces are separated by glass walls which completely open the living space to the outside; on the other hand, the bedroom walls are alternatively panelled by wooden boards.