Located on the border of two opposing environments, the chaotic urban and the biodiverse natural, RO_AR Szymon Rozwalka architects designed this family house to complement its context.
From the north-western side of the site is a wedge of bio-corridor stretching along the Dalejský Brook. The corridor is enhanced by the distinctive exposure of the Hlubočepské Rocks.
Urban space surrounds the site on the south and east sides. It is a chaotic and random development, often adversely affecting the value of the projected terrain.
The proposed house design seeks to extend the natural context into the interior of the site and into the interiors. On the other hand, the house is then separated from the ‘urban world’, for which it becomes an abstract body that, through its form and scale corresponds to the surrounding rocks in the background.
“In the first steps, we designed a building that was created by the method of land deformation,” RO_AR shares. “The terrain was to transition smoothly from the northwest side into an artificial hill into which the house was to be placed.”
From the southeast side, the “hill” was to be undercut, which would allow the creation of an entrance patio under the building, created in that part by a different rectangular geometry.
Within the residence, RO_AR chose materials that reflected a similar dichotomy between urban and natural. Concrete walls and ceilings intermingle with oak flooring and expansive windows that let in plenty of natural light. Sparse furnishings let the architecture take center stage.
Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Landscape architecture by Flera.
General contracting by Bursik Holding.
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