"COZY" Cottage Town

The brief was a repeatable product for phased sales: several house types on standard plots, tied together by one architectural code. Each house is a single-storey flat-roof volume from which a tall double-height centre with a sloping roof rises. It serves as the living room and as a recognisable silhouette, so a street of these houses reads as one coherent community rather than a collection of unrelated cottages.

The types differ in finish but share the same elements: white or graphite portal frames around the windows, stone cladding, timber panels, light render and full-height glazing in the central volume. In front of each house there is a lawn, a stepping-stone path, a reflecting pond with a small bridge and a terrace with outdoor furniture. The public space by the sales office, with pergolas, hanging chairs, paved paths and conifers, sets the standard for the whole community.

Working as a series keeps the scheme manageable: each phase can be sold and built independently without losing the overall look, and buyers choose from a clear range of types. The striking central volume makes the houses look more expensive than they cost to build, while private yards and the shared park answer what families look for outside the city. The community is built; TVORZI delivered the concept, the architecture and the engineering.