Flying House is a minimalist single-story house located in Minsk, Belarus, designed in 2022 by Zrobim Architects.

Description
In this project we developed the design of the facades. The house is located in a picturesque place surrounded by trees. So we have blended it organically into the landscape with the help of natural materials and architectural techniques.
We had the task of making an unusual facade, as the house itself is an ordinary box standing on a foundation. In developing the concept we drew on the client’s brief and based on it came up with the idea of making a “soaring” facade. We suggested making a vented facade from the bottom level of the windows to the highest point of the house and adding lighting along the bottom edge. We took the fa?ade outside and levelled it with the terrace. Underneath this construction we placed pots from corten and planted tall grass in them. When you look at the house from the side facades you can see that the facade is detached from the ground and starts to grow taller. The fac?ade is completed by consoles over the soaring facades, which are also detached from the house.
The interior in this project is a continuation of the minimalist architectural appearance of the house. And its main feature is a monochrome dark finish, which flows smoothly from the facades into the interior of the house and makes the interior enveloping due to the black color.
Despite the abundance of black, we u...