Post Office Sněžka in Czech Republic by Martin Rajniš

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Post Office Sněžka in Czech Republic by Martin Rajniš

January 27th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Martin Rajniš

It’s hard to find a more difficult place for building a house than the peak of Mt. Sněžka. Wind speeds reach up to 250 km/h, winter temperatures hit record freezes, it is the most strictly protected zone of a national park. How to build in such a locality without spending excess money, and create a house that would remain in the minds of the people who visit? This building is a cousin of the storage depots of Amundsen’s or Scott’s polar expeditions, or the houses that you see in Greenland or the Spitzberg Islands. It enters on tiptoes into the national park: it is of wood and glass, standing on delicate metal supports. In the harshest winters it is completely closed off behind interior insulation slabs – shadowboxes – and exterior blinds, which protect it from flying bits of rock and ice. Its outdoor staircase reminds you that you are climbing to the highest point of the Czech lands. An environmentally friendly wooden building, respecting nature, humanity, and the majesty of the mountains.

Image Courtesy © Andrea Thiel Lhotakova

Architects: Martin Rajniš, Patrik Hoffman, Jan Mach, Tom Plzenský, David Kubík, Josef Franc
Project: Post Office Sněžka
Location: Czech Republic
Photography: Andrea Thiel Lhotakova, Tomáš Kosnar, Martin Rajniš
Project: 2004-5
Built: 2007
Area: 113m2
Builder space: 690 m3

Image Courtesy © Andrea Thiel Lhotakova

Image Courtesy © Martin Rajniš

Image Courtesy © Tomáš Kosnar

: Image Courtesy © Andrea Thiel Lhotakova

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Tags: Czech Republic

Category: Government Building

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