SD Residence showcases wood, stone and thermal insulation in North Macedonia
Located near Tetovo, an urban neighborhood in the small European country of North Macedonia, this 800-square-meter home was built to accommodate a multigenerational family under one roof. The house is known as the SD Residence, which boasts panoramic views of the nearby Sharr Mountain Range, a pool, a dedicated wellness facilities for the family and playrooms for the children. Completed in 2018, the home also highlights sustainable thermal insulation in its design.
While the building’s shape gives off a contemporary, almost futuristic feel with its cubed shape and sharp lines, the interior is warm and inviting. Outside, a series of rectangular windows are framed by wood paneling. Inside, those same windows help extend the space on each floor toward the outer surroundings through the garden and out into the European landscape. Perfectly manicured flower beds are built into the stone driveway to add pops of color while the border of the property features alternating trees and shrubs.
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There is a unified dining and living room inside, along with a spacious kitchen that connects to a semi-covered outdoor space. The home contains three en suite bedrooms and four kids’ bedrooms, which also have their own bathrooms. To achieve this feat, the designers at Besian Mehmeti Architects stacked the home’s white volumes on top of each other and left several voided spaces to become terraces or extra windows with planters.
A wooden staircase connects the multiple layers of the home with a communal entrance and a semi-covered event space extending into the garden. A lower level basement contains the leisure and wellness areas along with a technical room, while the ground floor is dedicated to the common areas. Private bedrooms are located on the upper second and third floors.
The hanging panels that make up the facade meet the owners’ requirements for energy efficiency, noise reduction and fire protection. This energy efficiency is also realized through a thermal insulation compound system beneath the wrapping of dark wood and white boards on the exterior.
Photography by Vase Petrovski via Besian Mehmeti Architects
Written by Katherine Gallagher
