This project reflects the desire of Vincze family to continue the story that began a couple of years ago with Viila Cheia guesthouse and to add on to a space that honors tradition while embracing contemporaneity.Two years later, we are pleased to present LIV House, a new addition to Vincze family’s property in the village of Cheia. Since Viila Cheia began as a singular project, a guesthouse in an orchard, and not as part of a complex or ensemble, the main challenge for LIV House was how this new building would harmoniously integrate into the existing space. It was to engage in a dialogue with the guesthouse and the orchard on one hand, and with the village on the other. All of these, along with Laura and Iosif’s attention to detail, have given rise to a contemporary place deeply rooted in archaic traditional values: a “house in the orchard” literally built with their own hands.
