2012Dům Řež - rekonstrukce

Place

Large ground on the outskirts of a municipality Řež, in sparsely built-up area mostly used for weekend relaxation only, creates a border between the village and free landscape
The existing structure of a house was created by layering in time. The original core used to be a weekend house that was extended for permanent housing and later also for business purposes.

House

Our cooperation with the builder started, when the house was already fixed in place and volume – there was an original rebuilt weekend house plus finished rough construction of a company building. At this point it became clear that this house created as a mixture of different designs and unfortunate improvisation does not suit to buliders needs.
In the design we were in the first place looking for the minimum necessary intervention required: how to re-design and simplify the look of the building. We then also tried to optimise the indoor functioning as far as possible (the innner wiring and plumbing was already in place).
The original mansard roof was finally - despite all our attempts of modification - found not applicable. As well as the existing window openings. We tried to soften the akward floor plan, to find a new roof shape and good proportions. The main brick building was complemented by optically lighter wooden „cells“ that extend the ground area and first floor and connect the new building with the original house. We desired that the house was strong, clear and at the same time harmonius with the surrounding nature, because the buliding is visible from far away.