Antireality, a company focusing on a conceptual world built on the basis of abstract ideas about reality, has designed a summer house on the rocky hills on coastal shores of somewhere - featuring a reversed roof structure to create a swimming pool.

This 85-square-metre large building is situated in a rocky seaside area with direct contact with water. The house comprises two principal parts: a living space and a swimming pool located on the roof. In the building plan with a triangle-based layout one can distinguish a central living area and an external passage with a panoramic view of the seaside. 

"One of the key design intents was to create a building that would be completely open to the surroundings, providing the possibility to observe and engage in direct contact with nature," said Antireality. 

"The concept of a one-storey summer house with a panoramic view of the sea was designed with seasonal recreation and weekends outside the city in mind."

The structure of the building is based on three structure cores that contains: a bathroom, a kitchen and a bedroom. These cores are situated inside an open multi-functional space that serves among others as a living room and a dining room. 

These small oval rooms (located inside of structural cores) constitute the only permanent element of the interior. The living area is determined by a mobile panel wall that allows one to freely arrange the space. This gives the building the opportunity to be adapted to current needs of its users.

Not only the building interior, but also the roof space was opened up panoramically to the surrounding landscape. Reversing the roof structure allowed this space to be transformed into a swimming pool. 

Water level in the reservoir can be controlled by using a siphonic drainage system. Roof outlets located over three structure cores, allowing water downpipes to be led through the building interior into the inspection chamber. This system allows one to control the water level as well as to completely drain the roof.

Antireality takes inspirations from the nature as one of the main sources. "Both direct observation and perception of nature by means of other creators, captured in the form of e.g. photographs or paintings," the team said. 

"My design ideas are frequently stimulated not only by intriguing forms created by nature, but also by attempts to embed architectural structures into the natural context. Combining matters that are so different is an extremely interesting process based on an attempt to find the balance between the original form of the surroundings and the architectural creation," continued Antireality.

"In Antireality, I like to imagine the natural context in an abstract, often even a fairy tale-like form that stands out well from the actual dimension of this space at the same time. The impact of the surroundings is also visible during the creation of visualizations where the imaginary world plays the key role in the final visual expression."

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