Tysha
Architecture Lviv — Warsaw
Est. 2014 Now: 21 dB
Lull House, the bedroom
Lull House from the forest: a gravel path through misty pines to the single doorway in its rammed-earth courtyard wall, travertine wings either side, the chimney on the left

Lull
House

A house that listens to the forest.

Yavoriv forest · 2025
160 m² · Private house
29 dB a day, on average30 min to Lviv1.2 km to the nearest road01 / 02 cases
01 · The briefBedroom · 41 → 21 dB

They asked for one thing: to sleep without earplugs.

The family
Olena, Mark, two kids

A family of four, a fourth-floor flat above a tram line, eleven years of 41 dB nights. They wanted forest, quiet and a half-hour drive to school and work.

02 · The plot24 dB at night

We listened for seven days before we said yes.

Four plots were on the table. Two had better views. Only this one stayed under 25 dB at night.

A sound meter on a tripod in a clearing among pines, seen from high above
SILENCE_AUDIT_DAY_04.JPG06:10 · 24 dB
1.2kmTo the nearest road
24dBAverage night
41dBLoudest sound: a woodpecker
03 · The formOne long bar · 60 cm walls
Aerial view: the long house on the lake shore, its walled courtyard with one pine on the forest side

Turned away
from the road.

A long, low travertine house on the shore. On the forest side, a walled courtyard with a single pine; between the two stone blocks, a glass hall opens to the lake by wide steps. To the road it shows rammed earth, 60 cm thick. To the lake, it opens completely.

Pencil plan: the courtyard, two stone blocks and the glass hall, wide steps to the lake, the jetty
04 · The planRoom by room · 38 → 21 dB

Loud at the door, quiet at the core.

  1. 01Entrance and courtyardOne opening in the earth wall. The courtyard and its pine take the noise first.38 dB · dayThe entrance side: rammed earth walls among the pines, a gravel path to the courtyard opening
  2. 02The glass hallLiving and kitchen between the two stone blocks, open to the lake and the morning.31 dB · dayThe living room in morning sun, a woman with a cup of coffee on the bench by the window
  3. 03Quiet roomAt the end of the travertine corridor: a worktable, no screens, one window to the courtyard.26 dB · dayThe travertine corridor to the quiet room, the lake at its far end
  4. 04Main bedroomThe deepest point of the house.21 dB · nightThe bedroom: rammed earth walls and one tall window to the pines
05 · MaterialsAbsorb, not echo

Materials that absorb, not echo.

Rammed earth wall

Rammed earth

60 cm walls of local clay.

Rammed earth block, larch board, sheep’s wool and stone

Larch & wool

Larch ceilings soften the room; wool fills every partition.

Travertine steps from the glass hall down to the lake

Travertine

Floors, the corridor and the courtyard.

The long window of the living room: acoustic glass between the room and the lake

Triple glazing

Acoustic laminated glass on the forest side.

06 · MeasuredThe first night
41dB · their old bedroom, above a tram line
21dB · the new one, measured with the family
The living room of Lull House at night, the moon over the lake
Next · Pine Court24 dB · 20 min to Lviv
Pine CourtThree houses on a pine slope · 2025 · Read the case →
07 · Your plot25 dB · in the contract
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