Blurred figures of people walking in a busy station.

Villa Solana

Location

451
m
2

Area

Villa

Type

Date

A villa outside Madrid that gives up its walls for glass and doesn't miss them

A villa outside Madrid that gives up its walls for glass and doesn't miss them

Full-height windows run the length of the main volume, putting the garden on every side of the house rather than at the edge of it. Direct sun for most of the day set the terms for everything inside — a palette pale enough to catch the light without glaring under it, pulled darker where the room needs weight to stay readable instead of washing flat. Furniture stays low, pulled back from the glass, so the sightline runs straight through the house to the garden with nothing in the way.

The interior doesn't try to outshine the light. It was built to move with it — quiet and pale in the morning, heavier by evening — and let that shift do the work a fixed palette can't

Full-height windows run the length of the main volume, putting the garden on every side of the house rather than at the edge of it. Direct sun for most of the day set the terms for everything inside — a palette pale enough to catch the light without glaring under it, pulled darker where the room needs weight to stay readable instead of washing flat. Furniture stays low, pulled back from the glass, so the sightline runs straight through the house to the garden with nothing in the way.

The interior doesn't try to outshine the light. It was built to move with it — quiet and pale in the morning, heavier by evening — and let that shift do the work a fixed palette can't

Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv,
Ukraine

Blurred figures of people walking in a busy station.

Challenge

Design an interior for a house made almost entirely of glass — without letting the light wash it flat

Design an interior for a house made almost entirely of glass — without letting the light wash it flat

The

The

Project

Project

Blurred figures of people walking in a busy station.

Challenge

Challenge

Defines Outcomes

Defines Outcomes

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Result

Rooms that shift character across the day on their own, holding their own against walls that are mostly window

Rooms that shift character across the day on their own, holding their own against walls that are mostly window

The

Project

Project

Blurred figures of people walking in a busy station.

Result

Result

Reflects Impact

Reflects Impact

Blurred figures of people walking in a busy station.

Project Team

Yuliia Rutkovska

Team Lead Designer

Mykyta Ryazhko

Chief Designer

Vladyslav Matsyura

Supply Manager

Sviatoslav Maksiuk

Architect

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