This modern retreat surrounded by forest is situated near Poznan, Poland. It was designed in 2017 by Studio de.materia.

Description by Studio de.materia
The plot is located on the edge of the ?urawiniec Reserve in Poznan.On the west and south side it is Surrounded by a forest. Along the front, east boundary of the plot runs through the embankment, which gently descends down the plot towards the reserve. Such terrain has determined the basic assumption of the project. The basic idea was to hide the house from the street side and open it up to the reserve as much as possible. The living space was supposed to be a one-storey solid sloping into a natural hill, and the garage, to avoid embarrassing downhill, was to rise on the upper storey, on the roof of the building. The functional layout of the home was dictated by the sun, views and neighbourhood. The layout of the partially underground living space resembles the letter T. One wing contains a living area with a living room, a dining room and a kitchen, open to the west; The second is a sequentially ordered sequence of rooms:
A dressing room, a bathroom and a bedroom that goes out toward the green. Part of the building that slammed into the slope, contains a guest room and a blind technical room. At the intersection of two wings, there is a communication space and a main entrance. Such placement of the function allowed a natural separation from the neighbor from the north. In order to obtain the eff...