The villa is located on a large hill plot with outstanding views to surrounding landscape.The volume of the building is designed as single storey as the main client requirement was a barrier free space. This horizontal concept has produced an intense spatial relationship of all the interior spaces with the surrounding garden. The exterior – interior relationship is freely based on Wrightian ideas for prerie houses, which many Czech architects have adopted subsequently.
FAM Architecti built this house in the village of Pernink in the Krusne Mountains in west Bohemia, Czech Republic. The house is located 820 metres above sea level near the German border in a valley which is defined by a wild water stream.
The client imposed a free brief right at the start of the design which evolved over a long period. The house represents a hybrid typology of a small residential retreat and a guest house with facilities for local skiing and nature hiking.
The Mountain House
Architect – Pavel Nasadil / FAM Architekti
Location – Pernink, Czech Republic
Co-operation – Marek Nábělek, Hana Svobodova, Tomas Straka
Client – private
Construction costs – CZK 2.5 mil. inclusive of interior fittings and furniture
Built-up area – 66 m2
Cubic volume – 470 m3
Main contractor – self contracted
Project – 2006
Construction – 2008–2010
Key materials:
External Walls: 490mm insulated clay block system by HELUZ
External render: Baumit Feinputz 1.5mm
Ceiling structure: Exposed concrete, cast on site
Floors: Exposed polished concrete floors with integrated underfloor heating
Fountains develop the monumental spatial concept of the Square, which was founded by the Premysl Otakar the II., the fifth King of Bohemia in the Middle Ages. They complete the cadence of proportions and material order that was first used on the 1681 Plague Column in one of the four corners. Names of the three fountains are freely inspired by the Coat of Arms of the city. The concept defines architecture of the sculptural spouts as Signs in space, reviving the original concept of “wasserkasten”, big bowls accumulating water for public usage. Poems by Petr Borkovec are prepared to be inscribed in gold on the surface of the fountains in 2015, the year when Pilsen will become European Capital of Culture.
Angel
Architect: Ondrej Císler
Team: David Blahout (gilding), Jakub Vlcek, Pavel Hošek, Michal Blažek (sculptors), Juraj Smolen, Ondrej Dušek (architects)
Project: 2004 (winner of a two stage competition)
Completion: 2010
General Contractor: Swietelsky Stavební Ltd., subdivision Dopravní Stavby Západ, Plzen
Bronze: Aleš Svojtka, Stará Hut s.r.o.
Technology: KTS AME Hradec Králové
Stone: Pražský kámen s.r.o.
Investor: City of Plzen, Costs: ca. 21.5 mil. CZK
Height: 4.5 m
Material: gilded bronze, black Fuian granite, patinated bronze
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