{"id":121040,"date":"2025-07-08T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=121040"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:27:14","slug":"villa-vicus-2024","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/projects\/villa-vicus-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa Vicus | 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by Sebastian Nagy Architects, s.r.o.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Description \u2013 Villa Vicus<br \/>\nNitra, Slovakia<\/p>\n<p>Nestled at the foot of Zobor hill, Villa Vicus embraces its sloped terrain with quiet confidence. Rather than climbing for a view or squeezing into a narrow lot, this one-story home stretches effortlessly across the plot, unfolding a series of interconnected volumes beneath a continuous timber pergola. From each room, the view opens generously toward the south \u2013 revealing Nitra Castle, Calvary Hill, and the city below. This was the client\u2019s primary wish: to see the castle from every living space.<\/p>\n<p>The design responds with radical clarity. No dramatic gestures, no over-articulated symbolism. Just a thoughtfully organized home where material and form resonate with honesty. Spruce wood beams create a structural and visual rhythm that bridges interior and exterior spaces. The same travertine stone lines both the living area and the terrace, while open beams, clay plaster walls, and a rain chain instead of a gutter subtly communicate the project\u2019s ethos: raw, durable, unpretentious architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its modest size (160 m\u00b2), the house feels expansive. Its layout includes a main bedroom, two children\u2019s rooms, shared living space, two bathrooms, utility rooms, and a summer kitchen. At the rear, a curved wall emerges \u2013 not from necessity, but as an aesthetic gesture that visually anchors the pergola. These decisions speak to the architect\u2019s restrained approach: no need for grand metaphors when proportion and logic suffice.<\/p>\n<p>Set at the end of a road with forest above and no risk of development below, the house claims its place calmly. There\u2019s space for a recessed pool, a fire pit, and pine trees frequented by local deer. Even so, neighbors sometimes assume it is far larger or more extravagant than it truly is. Perhaps because the house does not hide \u2013 it stands with a quiet self-assurance, waiting to be wrapped in vines.<\/p>\n<p>To live here, says the owner simply, \u201cfeels good.\u201d There are no statements to decode, no forced ideologies. Villa Vicus is not trying to impress. It just works \u2013 and that is its power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120856,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[164,146],"class_list":["post-121040","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-164","portfolio_category-private-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/121040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121040"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/121040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121207,"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/121040\/revisions\/121207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurehouseaward.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=121040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}