Residential Vodno III — architectural project by Parallel Group

Residential

Residential Vodno III

Skopje, North Macedonia

Second Terrace

The terracing follows the earlier scheme so the two read as one settlement, with the new roofs kept below the old ridge line. The alternative was conventional and would have worked; this one works better for the people who are actually in the building.

Residential Vodno III — view 1

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Exterior Perspective

Residential Vodno III — full-width view 1
Residential Vodno III — full-width view 2
Residential Vodno III — detail view 1

This is the second building on the Vodno slope, set higher and turned further from the road in the only form that counts. The intent survives the construction, which is where most of it is usually lost.

Residential Vodno III — full-width view 3
Residential Vodno III — full-width view 4

Here, the terracing follows the earlier scheme so the two read as one settlement, with the new roofs kept below the old ridge line. The tolerance in that junction is tighter than the rest of the building, and it is the one place the extra work was worth it.

Residential Vodno III — detail view 2
Residential Vodno III — full-width view 5
Residential Vodno III — gallery image 1
Residential Vodno III — gallery image 2
Residential Vodno III — gallery image 3
Residential Vodno III — gallery image 4
Residential Vodno III — closing view

“It is the second building on the Vodno slope, set higher and turned further from the road. That sentence is the whole brief, and the building answers it.”

- Parallel Group Architects

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