HOUSE AND THE RIVER




Authors: AFTER PARTY architecture
Site area: 1 400 m2
Built area: 150 m2
Type: Residential
Location: Lithuania
Client: Private
Status: Completed
Year: 2015 - 2020













The site for the house
is located in the suburban
area in Lithuania.
Bordering local road on
the South, squeezed in
between two neighbours,
the plot marked a piece of
landscape, a fragrant
suburban meadow
descending to a 
lush creek on the North.












The two opposing conditions
the site is facing resulted in
a volume as if sliced in half
filled with a layer of grasses
sheltering living space
underneath. Aiming to
compensate the local
biodiversity, the North facing
sloping roof is blooming with
herbs and flowers for
surrounding bees and little
insects creating a continuous
green vista from the banks
of the river.





















A rather pragmatic elevation towards the road is covered with rough brushed plaster enhancing the inclination
of the slope and reacting to a more urban setting of neighbouring houses.












The volume is interrupted by the
large wooden terrace that
creates a feeling of solitude and
frames the river as if another
room outside the house. The
spacious terrace naturally
induces many indoor activities to
take place under an open sky
bordering a lush vegetable
garden to be accessible on
bare foot.













White interior space
acts as an ascetic
background for living,
filled with a mindful
selection of only essential
furnitures and objects,
each carrying its own
unique story.














A spacious living area faces the
river with large opening
enhancing nature as the central
figure of its interior. The North
oriented windows provide
maximum views with no
overheat during hot seasons
while on the Southern side the
big upper floor opening ensures
quality light and warmth
throughout the cold months.












































































The site for the house is located in the suburban area in Lithuania. Bordering a local road on the South, squeezed in between two neighbours, the plot marked a piece of landscape, a fragrant Suburban meadow descending to a lush creek on the North.

The two opposing conditions the site is facing resulted in a volume as if sliced in half filled with a layer of grasses sheltering living space underneath. Aiming to compensate the local biodiversity, the North facing sloping roof is blooming with herbs and flowers for surrounding bees and little insects Creating a continuous green vista from the banks of the river.

The volume is interrupted by the large wooden terrace that creates a feeling of solitude and frames the river as if another room outside the house. The spacious terrace naturally induces many indoor activities to take place under an open sky bordering a lush vegetable garden to be accessible on bare foot.

White interior space acts as an ascetic background for living, filled with a mindful selection of most important furnitures and objects, each carrying its own unique story. A spacious living area faces the river with large opening enhancing nature as the central figure of its interior. The North oriented windows provide maximum views with no overheat during hot seasons while on the Southern side the big upper floor opening ensures quality light and warmth throughout the cold months.

A rather pragmatic elevation towards the road is covered with rough brushed plaster enhancing the inclination of the slope and reacting to a more urban setting of neighbouring houses. The House and the River refuses to fence off becoming open to the surrounding context, a continuous part of the nature it is placed within.