Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Windows, FacadeCetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Image 3 of 29Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Stairs, Windows, Handrail, BeamCetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Bed, BedroomCetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - More Images+ 24

Brașov, Romania

Text description provided by the architects. The building site is situated on Cetatuia Street, at the edge of the historical center of the town, with an amazing panoramic view over the mountains and historical center of the city.

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Windows, Facade
© Cosmin Dragomir

This context demanded that the positive aspects of the site and the landscape are emphasized and exploited, while the space is used to its maximum potential.

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Stairs, Windows, Handrail, Beam
© Cosmin Dragomir

The building was designed as a residential housing including 6 apartments (2 per each level) and 2 lofts. This led to a compact building, very conscious of the value of the site and of the panoramic views it could offer.

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Table, Sofa, Lighting, Countertop, Chair, Beam
© Cosmin Dragomir

The clean, simple shape of the construction is enriched using the contrast and interaction between different materials with specific textures and colors.

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Windows, Stairs, Beam, Handrail
© Cosmin Dragomir

Windows reach to the floor, which makes the room appear larger, flooded with light, while roof windows bring daylight deep down into the living room through the glass flooring.

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Table, Windows, Chair, Bathtub, Beam, Bedroom
© Cosmin Dragomir

The glass wall on the last floor for the master's bedroom opens a new direction to the living room and farther to the city through the roof windows.

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Windows, Beam
© Cosmin Dragomir

Without these glazed surfaces – horizontal and vertical – the house would have lost a very important spatial dimension and the relationship between the interior and the landscape.

Strongly emphasized verticality of the living room walls is attenuated by the gallery of openings of various sizes and depths, connecting this room to something beyond the wall, either inside or outside the house. These are actually the interior decorations of the house.

Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda - Image 9 of 29
© Cosmin Dragomir

The stair was reduced to its minimum – the steps. Railing was almost dematerialized by transparent glass, thus non-essential elements that altered the clear perception of the space where eliminated as much as possible.

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Cite: "Cetatuia Loft / Ion Popusoi + Bogdan Preda" 02 Dec 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/92701/cetatuia-loft-ion-popusoi-bogdan-preda> ISSN 0719-8884

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