Posted on 7/31/2018
When an elderly couple commissioned Slovakian architectural studio Compass Architekti to design a house for them in Jarovce, a quiet residential borough outside of the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, they only had three basic requirements: a small house, no stairs and lots of space for their nine grandchildren.
Although simple in nature, grouped together these demands presented quite a challenge. How much of a challenge, you may ask, well, let’s just say as much as having to supervise your nine grandchildren playing about the house.
The architects’ answer to their client's brief is appropriately both simple and canny, centered on an L-shape, modernist building that hems in ...