Architects: KOTRA architects – Chernova Yuliya and Artem Tiutiunnyk Project: Reinterpreting Traditional Belarusian architecture / Ochag house Location: Belarus

建筑师：KOTRA建筑师-Chernova Yuliya和Artem Tiutiunnyk项目：重新解释白俄罗斯传统建筑/Ochag房屋位置：白俄罗斯

This project was developed within the competition Belarus design award 2015 by Chernova Yuliya and Artem Tiutiunnyk (KOTRA architects). The theme of the competition has prompted us to create the house, inspired traditions and customs of our ancestors. Ethnic elements in the interior underline the link between the past and the present strengthening and supporting it. Our goal was to understand how our ancestors lived, what determined their way of life, and what materials and principles were used in the interior and architecture of the time. During the analysis, we have identified a number of characteristics for the Belarusian hut, in the context of the use of certain materials and guidelines (towel, shalevka, oven, natural materials in the decoration, shutters) – these “anchors” have enabled us to formulate the concept more clearly.

该项目是在竞争白俄罗斯设计奖2015年由Chernova Yuliya和Artem Tiutiunnyk(KOTRA建筑师)开发的。比赛的主题促使我们创造房子，启发我们祖先的传统和习俗。内地的种族因素突出了过去和现在之间的联系，加强和支持过去和现在。我们的目标是了解我们的祖先是如何生活的，是什么决定了他们的生活方式，以及在当时的内部和建筑中使用了什么材料和原则。在分析过程中，我们在使用某些材料和指南(毛巾、沙列夫卡、烤箱、装饰中的天然材料、百叶窗)的背景下，确定了白俄罗斯小屋的一些特点-这些“锚”使我们能够更明确地表述这一概念。

The IDEA As a result of the analysis, we made a conclusion that the main “heart” of every Belarusian hut was a stove. The Belarusian culture of life, the stove played an important role – it is in the first place a hearth, a symbol of warmth and stability. Our ancestors believed that if the coals in the stove will go out – the trouble will happen, it confirms the symbolic importance of the stove in the consciousness of Belarusians. Moreover stove was the main, multifunctional space in the house. People slept on the stove, it was used for heating, cooking, drying mushrooms and etc. Accordingly, in our project, the stove is a symbolic and functional center of the house, combining a bedroom, a kitchen, a dining room, and a place to rest.

由于分析的结果，我们得出结论，每一个白俄罗斯小屋的主要“心脏”是一个炉子。白俄罗斯的生活文化，炉子起了重要的作用-它首先是一座壁炉，象征着温暖和稳定。我们的祖先相信，如果炉子里的煤会熄灭，麻烦就会发生，这证实了炉子在白俄罗斯人意识中的象征重要性。此外，炉子是房子里的主要多功能空间。人们睡在炉子上，用来取暖、做饭、烘干蘑菇等。因此，在我们的项目中，炉子是房子的象征和功能中心，由卧室、厨房、餐厅和休息场所组成。

The embodiment Thanks to modern technology, the concept of FOCUS has become a reality. One of the conditions that we set to ourselves was creating an energy-efficient house that uses the minimum amount of resources to complete its security. Heating the house is carried out by heating the air, which is distributed in the necessary part of the house by the pipe system. Using the hatches equipped with fan, warm air quickly and evenly comes into the room. The piping system of thermally conductive materials provides hot water in the tank, which provides water to all the needs of the owners. Architecture and open planning of the house allows to heat the entire room using a minimum amount of fuel for a short period. The material for heating the stove can serve as wood and recycled waste local productions (Pressed sawdust, straw, bark).In the interior we used natural materials along with the modern, as we create a home for the modern man, we were guided by the terms of comfort and efficiency, not forgetting the aesthetic component of any project. This project for us is an attempt to create a home for free, independent person who remembers the past, lives in the present and think about the future.

由于现代科技的体现，焦点的概念已经成为现实。我们给自己设定的条件之一是创造一个节能的房子，用最少的资源来完成它的安全。供暖是通过加热空气来进行的，空气通过管道系统分配到房屋的必要部分。使用装有风扇的舱口，暖气迅速均匀地进入房间。导热材料管道系统提供水箱内的热水，为业主提供所有需要的水。房屋的建筑和开放式规划允许在短期内使用最低限度的燃料来加热整个房间。加热炉子的材料可以作为木材和回收废品(压碎的木屑、稻草、树皮)。在室内，我们使用天然材料和现代材料，当我们为现代人创造一个家时，我们受到舒适和效率的指导，不会忘记任何项目的美学成分。这个项目对我们来说是一种尝试，为一个自由的，独立的人创造一个家，他记得过去，生活在现在，思考未来。

The size of the house is 96,4 m2 – we designed a house for a family of 2 persons.It isn’t in use, we made it for competition and we will be glad if someone will inspired to build it.

这座房子的大小是96，4平方米-我们设计了一座2口之家的房子。它没有使用，我们是为竞争而造的，如果有人能给我们灵感建造它，我们会很高兴的。

About kitchen we wanted to make it like in old belarusian hut ,where kitchen and stove were one .That’s why we use the same material for kitchen furniture like for stove – concrete.

关于厨房，我们想让它像白俄罗斯的旧小屋一样，厨房和炉子是一体的，这就是为什么我们用同样的材料做厨房家具，就像做炉子水泥一样。

The wood that we use is Larch in the bathroom and in other rooms it is pine with different level of impregnation. When we designed this house we wanted that construction system will consist of wooden constructive elements and concrete monolith for oven , but this is sketch project and we didn’t design technical and construction drawings.

我们使用的木材是浴室里的落叶松，而在其他房间，它是松木不同程度的浸渍。当我们设计这所房子时，我们希望施工系统将由木质结构构件和混凝土整体组成，用于烘箱，但这是草图项目，我们没有设计技术和施工图纸。