Native studio Atelier Hajný has created a charred timber-clad housing block close to Prague that references a vacation cabin visited by the shopper since his childhood.
Named Hut-Impressed Home, the straightforward, 180-square-metre home within the city of Říčany is predicated on the gabled type of cabins close to the positioning that are actually being demolished as a result of redevelopment of the realm.
“The brand new zoning plan in the whole space is about for the development of household properties, so the huts listed below are progressively disappearing,” defined Atelier Hajný founder Martin Hajný.
“We agreed with the shopper that as a result of character of the realm and the sentimental relationship to the unique constructing, it will be acceptable to keep in mind the looks and form of the previous hut.”
Though it takes on the looks of a single dwelling, Hut-Impressed Home is split internally into two standalone studio residences and a primary residence, which is organised throughout two storeys.
On the bottom flooring, the separate studio residences sit beside the residing space and kitchen of the primary residence, which opens onto a patio and a backyard via sliding glazed doorways.
Above, the bedrooms and research of the primary residence benefit from the further top created by the steeply-pitched roof, which is lined internally with pale timber.
In the back of the house, the triangular type of the gable roof tasks outwards to create a balcony that shelters the patio beneath, coated by an open display of vertical timber battens.
“We wished to maintain the decrease deck from rain so we determined to put a cantilevered balcony in entrance of the master suite,” Hajný advised Dezeen.
“When attempting to give you a railing design, it felt pure to make use of the picket planks and assist the gable triangle form – the balcony additionally faces the railway so it helps to decrease the noise a bit.”
Inside, a end of “unobtrusive and pure” panels of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and uncovered ceiling beams supply one other nod to the looks of conventional Czech cabins.
The charred timber of the outside is referenced within the black counters and items within the kitchen in addition to by areas of full-height, black-stained timber storage that divide the primary flooring.
The normal kind and supplies of rural Czech buildings was additionally the reference level for one more residence close to Prague by Studio Circle Development, which contrasted a extra conventional exterior with up to date pine-lined interiors.
The images is by Radek Úlehla