Dew drops

Academy of Architecture and Arts

Project idea

This project represent a dwelling house, with a total of 22 flats. The idea was to create a friendly and comfortable space in all the ways it can be, in the private as well as in the social for those how lives on the site and those around.
The conceptual idea was to design a house, in a way that brings 3 elements that are essential and vital: the light-blue glass around on the balcony represent (conceptually) the water element as well as maximize the amount of light entering the building (light element), and finally the green areas around and on the building represent 3 elements (air, earth and vegetation) combined as one, because of their interrelation between each other.
These 3 elements are the keys for a healthy and long life. Combining all of these ideas bring us to a beautiful, sustainable and healthy eco-house design, which architecture is all about, create a beautiful, healthy, friendly and safe space for living creatures.

Project description

The project named "Dew drops" is located in the city Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
On the main site the house is divided into 2 separated blocks, the main dwelling house with 4 floors and 19 flats and 3 flats 2 storied blocked together. Including 2 resting areas (one on the roof and the other on the backyard of the site) and a children's playground, completely isolated from the city atmosphere making them the perfect place for recovery and family reunions.

Technical information

The main site of the project represent an area of 2500 meter square.
The project represent a flat roofed type of house with an area of 1060 meter square.
All the 22 apartments are naturally ventilated, plus all the living quarters like bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens are naturally lightened by the sun throughout the day.
With 4 floors and a height of 14,500 meters (dwelling house), that give us the choice to use or not a lift depending on the budget of the project.
The structure system is simple and sustainable, the bearing walls have a thickness of 510 mm. good
The plans of different floors are designed in a way to give us a simple an economical system of water tube connection throughout the hole house, by locating kitchens and bathrooms on top of each other (kitchen on top of kitchen , bathrooms on top of bathroom) in different floors.