Hillside House by TWO+

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Hillside house by TWO+

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Office Name: TWO+
Social Media Accounts: @twoplus_ab
Contact email: boris@twoplus-ab.com
Firm Location: Ukraine
Completion Year: 2021
Gross Built Area (m2/ ft2): 250 m2
Project Location: Simferopol, Crimea
Architects: Meddi Umarov, Boris Kolomoets, Alena Storozhenko
Photo Credits: Elena Kulachenko

  • Street view of Hillside House heading to its entrance hall.
  • Exterior shot of Hillside house showing its wide clear glass wall panel.
  • Shot of a portion of high ceiling and pebble stone wall panels.
  • Exterior shot showing an elevated basement.
  • Low angle shot of elevated floorings of the hillside house.
  • Low angle shot highlighting the beams and post of the Hillside house.
  • Low angle shot highlighting the beams and post of the Hillside house.
  • Low angle view of overhang roof and its aluminum railings.
  • Clear shot of huge gap from the ground and flooring of the Hillside House.
  • Exterior shot showing the lovely place of Hillside house.
  • Spacious area of the Hillside house surrounded by multiple trees.
  • Long shot showing a small portion of the Hillside house.
  • Spacious backyard with two white man-made egg-like structure.
  • Exterior shot of vertically oriented wall segments with blurry human figure.
  • Spacious backyard with two white man-made egg-like structure.
  • Interior shot of an Open-space section of Hillside House equipped with long wooden table and chair.
  • Interior shot of an Open-space section of Hillside House equipped with long wooden table and chair.
  • Interior shot of dining and min bar room.
  • A shot in the balcony showing the entire huge clear glass wall.
  • Interior shot of living, dining, and mini bar section with black accents and huge L-shaped couch.
  • Interior shot of living, dining, and mini bar section with black accents and huge L-shaped couch.
  • Spacious living room extension of the Hillside house.
  • Front view of the Hillside House showing its spacious parking.
  • Spacious backyard with two white man-made egg-like structure.
  • Street view showing its vertically oriented wood wall segments.
  • Cross section of the whole layout of Hillside House.
  • Sketch layout of the structure off Hillside House.
  • Labeled floor plan of the Hillside house.
  • Labeled house plan of the Hillside house.

The architecture of the house is characterized by concern for natural habitat and the desire to generate a large-span living space to accommodate the residents comfortably. Therefore, the building is cantilevered above the terrain, preserving all pre-existing trees, relief, and based on a long metal frame with a 12-meter column pitch.

The top of the house is flat, but in the central part, it forms a bend and turns into a pitched roof, forming glazing for the skylight. The southern wall of the building faces the pine forest and is made of panoramic glazing, revealing a picturesque view of the entire river valley from all rooms in the house. A balcony extends along with the glazing and connects to the main terrace at the end of the house, access to the balcony and terrace is possible through sliding aluminum systems from the rooms.

During implementation, it became almost impossible for vehicles to pass through the site, so earthworks were carried out mainly by hand. Also, due to dense vegetation and steep relief, difficulties arose with the delivery of structures to the installation site. Therefore, it was necessary to find a truck crane with a sufficient boom length that could reach the desired point. The total construction period before the residents moved in took one year.

Thermal wood and aluminum composite panels are used in the exterior of the house. The retaining walls are built using traditional rubble masonry made of local stone. Old granite paving stones were used while covering the driveway, and a part of the paving was made with brushed concrete.

A small fragment in front of the terrace is planted with a lawn and decorative grasses, while the main territory of the site has been preserved in its original form, which visually made it possible to blur the border of the site and the adjacent forest.

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Jon Dykstra
Jon Dykstra

Jon practiced law before launching his online publishing career, bringing analytical rigor to everything he builds. Home Stratosphere combines that precision with a lifelong obsession with residential design — architecture, interiors, landscape, and furniture.

His current focus is AI-driven design analysis, using artificial intelligence to study patterns in color, layout, and material choice across thousands of homes. His Personality Type Home Design Guide applies personality frameworks to interior aesthetics, helping readers design spaces that reflect how they actually think and live.

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