VILLA MANDRAGORA | STUDIO SYNTHESIS architecture & design

“Villa Mandragora'  is a family summer villa in Orahovac, Montenegro, located right above Risan-Kotor intercity road. This architectural realisation is an example of a successful integration with unique landscape of Boka Kotorska Bay, in the hinterland of the busy road, on a plot with significant altitudinal spans ranging up to 9 m. In response to requirements of the Client, but also taking into consideration the context of the location, the authors chose the solution whose architectural expression seeks to preserve natural ambiance of the location while accommodating the exceptionally large slope of the location.

The villa floor area is 526 sqm of indoor space with 330 sqm of terraces on a plot size 1200 sqm. The two blocks of the building run parallel, to allow quality interaction of the villa users with the environment. The contact with the parterre is dual, through ground floor and upper floor levels. Airiness of the building and visual sense of lower height is achieved through different type of materialisation of the façade on the upper and lower level, the contact between the coarse and the soft. The parterre solution is adjusted to the topography of the terrain and development of outdoor and indoor contents on two levels, forming more green areas with selected plants. Ground floor level extends into the green zone which is at the same time a buffer zone towards the road, while floor level with daytime content extents to the entrance zone, the terraces and the pool area.