Designed in 2020 by Z3Z Architekci, this contemporary house surrounded by forest is situated in Poland.

Description
The plot is located in a picturesque pine forest, with beautiful pine trees overgrown with ivy, which from the very beginning have captivated both the client and the designers.
When starting to design the house, the designers of Z3Z ARCHITEKCI faced the task of putting the building between the trees, so that as little as possible of the existing beautiful old tree stand had to be cut down. Together with the client, they found a clearing on a plot, which they chose as a spot for the house. It was also a part of the later discovered vision for this plot from the State Forests. On one hand, the difficulties of building the house in the forest and on the other, the desire to preserve as many trees as possible, contributed to the fact that the house almost becomes one with the forest. The use of seemingly unlike to the natural landscape material, such as sheet metal, was a great decision. It is hard to imagine any other material to better match the house with the surrounding nature. Driving along the road adjacent to the plot one has an impression that the house has always been there, as if it was ingrown with greenery. Black trapezoidal sheet metal was used as an outer shell of the elevation. Wooden elements recessed in the body of the house were made of Canadian cedar planks. Its irregular structure is supposed to emphasize the...