Villa Kuragate
Type – Private residence
Location – Altai republic, Russia
Year – 2021-2022
Ensconced in the pristine nature of the Altai Mountains, villa sits on the high river bank and faced to the Kuragan valley. It is composed with two volumes, one horizontal, resting on a slope and vertical - a three-level tower.
This project is a continuation of our reflections on the theme of the wall. Here we use solid timber of Siberian cedar, folded horizontally in two contours and tied with perpendicular bars which are pulled in its turn by vertical elements. The cavity that forms between the two circuits is filled with lime mixed with hemp. This seemingly contrived design contributes to solving the problems of high seismic loads, and also increases the thermal insulation of the building using only local materials and hands.
This structure of walls also made it possible to achieve a large length of the horizontal volume and a large height of the vertical.
The image of this villa came from the storage of small boulders mined in the local mountains. They are stuffed into wooden clips, the walls of which are lined with logs. Similar structures were also used to support bridges across the rivers of Western Siberia.
This project is a continuation of our reflections on the theme of the wall. Here we use solid timber of Siberian cedar, folded horizontally in two contours and tied with perpendicular bars which are pulled in its turn by vertical elements. The cavity that forms between the two circuits is filled with lime mixed with hemp. This seemingly contrived design contributes to solving the problems of high seismic loads, and also increases the thermal insulation of the building using only local materials and hands.
This structure of walls also made it possible to achieve a large length of the horizontal volume and a large height of the vertical.
The image of this villa came from the storage of small boulders mined in the local mountains. They are stuffed into wooden clips, the walls of which are lined with logs. Similar structures were also used to support bridges across the rivers of Western Siberia.
