Traditional tipology. Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects
01/02/2020.
[Beskydy Mountains] Czech Republic
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
This weekend house nestled among the rolling landscape of Czech Republic’s Beskid Mountains, designed by Pavel Míček Architects.
The Beskids or Beskid Mountains is a traditional name for a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east. The highest mountain in the Beskids is Babia Góra, at 1,725 m metres.
The Beskids or Beskid Mountains is a traditional name for a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east. The highest mountain in the Beskids is Babia Góra, at 1,725 m metres.
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Site plan. Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects.
Ground floor plan. Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects.
First floor plan. Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects.
Cross section. Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects.
Elevations. Weekend House in Beskydy by Pavel Míček Architects.
Pavel Míček Architects designed the house recalling traditional local building geometries. The project is developed according the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area Administration and its rigid building regulations, which much complicate the creative or innovative approach.
The project is located on a plot bordering on the road from the upper part, meandering down the sloping topography and formed by a wild mountain meadow leading downward to a shadowy forested gully with a scenic brook.
The design of the house is driven first by its materiality, Heaviness and lightness. The architect used concrete and larch wood with open views into mountain scenery. The concrete shall turn grey and overgrow with moss, the larch wood shall gain greyish-silver patina, and the access path from sandstone stones shall be barely seen in the meadow grass.
The project is located on a plot bordering on the road from the upper part, meandering down the sloping topography and formed by a wild mountain meadow leading downward to a shadowy forested gully with a scenic brook.
The design of the house is driven first by its materiality, Heaviness and lightness. The architect used concrete and larch wood with open views into mountain scenery. The concrete shall turn grey and overgrow with moss, the larch wood shall gain greyish-silver patina, and the access path from sandstone stones shall be barely seen in the meadow grass.
Project description by Pavel Míček Architects
An extraordinary place in the southern part of the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy. Mountain landscape with almost no other buildings nearby – with the exception of just few scattered homesteads. The plot borders on the road from the upper part and is formed by a wild mountain meadow sloping down to a wooded shadowy gully with a flowing brook.
Centre of the design was searched in the primordial mountain atmosphere. The process was none too easy, being significantly influenced by the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area Administration and its rigid building regulations, which much complicate the creative or innovative approach.
The first ideas were not related to space and volume. They aimed to the material which could express the context and serve as a pivotal conceptual guideline. Concrete and larch wood. How can characteristic features of these materials, contrasting to a large degree, be used in the best way and with minimal means?
Heaviness and lightness. Concrete embodies the heavy hollow platform, partially burrowed into the earth surface, with almost cave atmosphere. It hides larch bedroom cabins and service house spaces.
Two light larch boards, holding the free-flowing space with open views into mountain scenery, were then supported against each other on this piece of rock.
The undisrupted surrounding landscape around the house continues to flow almost unnoticed. The concrete shall turn grey and overgrow with moss, the larch wood shall gain greyish-silver patina, and the access path from sandstone stones shall be barely seen in the meadow grass.
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Architects
Collaborators
Structural Engineering.- Vladimír Uchytil. Mechanical Engineering: Oto Nový. Building Physics.- Milan Farář, Electrical Engineering.- Jaroslav Tesař.
General contractor
Drga stavební společnost
Area
Built-up area.- 154 m². Usable floor area.- 185 m². Volume.- 937 m².
Dates
Project.- 2011 - 2013. Completed.- 2014 - 2019.
Products / brands
Windows | Jánošík okna – dveře
Larch facing, floors | Dveře a podlahy
Interior | Pavel Míček Architects
Kitchen | Akrees
Kitchen appliances | Siemens
Hob | Bora
Sanitary technology | Laufen
Sofa | mm interiér
Chairs | Vitra
Heat pump | IVT centrum
Larch facing, floors | Dveře a podlahy
Interior | Pavel Míček Architects
Kitchen | Akrees
Kitchen appliances | Siemens
Hob | Bora
Sanitary technology | Laufen
Sofa | mm interiér
Chairs | Vitra
Heat pump | IVT centrum
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Pavel Míček
Pavel Míček Architects. Born Zlin, Czech Republic, 1977. Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, 1996-2003. Completion of bachelor's degree at FA VUT Brno, 2001. Completion of engineering degree at FA VUT Brno, 2003. Cooperation with New Work Studio, 2001-2003. Collaboration with Pavel Mudřík Architects studio, 2003-2007. Own architectural practice - Pavel Míček Architects, 2003. Authorized architect, 2009.
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