Pavel Hnilička, Veronika Hamšíková, Petr Tej
Project: 2005
Project of a new family villa. The house has been meticulously designed with regard to the surroundings, existing buildings, terrain profile and views. The aim is a newly built solid, conservatively designed villa with the emphasis on meticulous execution of details. It is designed utilizing the traditional three-storey layout with the service area in the basement, main living area on the ground floor, and bedroom rest area on the first floor. The lower storey floors are cranked as needed creating rooms with uneven ceiling heights according to Adolf Loose's Raumplaun principle. Placement of the two-car garage in the basement allows to develop the main living floor with elevated dining room and kitchen and a living room with higher ceiling. The dining room offers a unique view across the living room to the garden and across the dining table to the street in the south.The living room has a direct access to the outdoor space of the so called salla terrena. The side facades of the house are as closed as possible; the street and the garden facades, on the other hand, are open to views. Full fence of the terrace and the elevation of the dining room and kitchen above the street level prevents any undesired views of the house's interior from the street, while the street is easily visible from these areas. Spatial permeability of the house in the north-south direction with direct connection to both terraces allows for generosity otherwise hardly achievable on a small lot. Both the southern and the northern garden can be perceived simultaneously, which increases the perceived size of the lot.
