Urban and natural house. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects
14/04/2023.
[Prague] Czech Republic
METALOCUS, ELENA DE LA FUENTE
METALOCUS, ELENA DE LA FUENTE
Czech architecture studio RO_AR architects was commissioned to design a house in a unique environment located near a protected natural space. The residence is located in one of the limits of the luxurious neighbourhood of Hlubočepy, in the city of Prague, in the Czech Republic.
The architects propose the construction of a house that is a link between urbanism and nature, so that its structure is a friendly response to nearby nature, as opposed to the chaotic development of the urban world. The plot from the northwest side meets the bio-corridor that runs along the Dalejský stream, a landscape that is further enhanced by the unique presence of the Hlubočepské rocks.
The architects propose the construction of a house that is a link between urbanism and nature, so that its structure is a friendly response to nearby nature, as opposed to the chaotic development of the urban world. The plot from the northwest side meets the bio-corridor that runs along the Dalejský stream, a landscape that is further enhanced by the unique presence of the Hlubočepské rocks.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Ground floor plan. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
First floor plan. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Roof plan. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Section. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Section. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Elevation south. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Elevation north. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Elevation east. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Elevation west. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Schema. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Visualization original. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
Visualization built part. Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects.
The housing design, by RO_AR architects, seeks to blend in with the nature that surrounds it, due to its shape and scale, responding to the singularities of the landscape characterized by the rocks that surround the house as a stage.
The proposal tries to make that natural world penetrate the interior of the plot and the interiors. A dialogue of abstractions and scales that dialogue with the rocky terrain of the natural corridor, a dialogue that also transforms the interior, making the folds of the structure better views of the exterior and generating greater proximity to nature.
The residence consists of organic and rectangular geometric shapes creating a highly original structural game. The windows that follow the shape of the house become an important point, providing great light to the entire space.
The proposal tries to make that natural world penetrate the interior of the plot and the interiors. A dialogue of abstractions and scales that dialogue with the rocky terrain of the natural corridor, a dialogue that also transforms the interior, making the folds of the structure better views of the exterior and generating greater proximity to nature.
The residence consists of organic and rectangular geometric shapes creating a highly original structural game. The windows that follow the shape of the house become an important point, providing great light to the entire space.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Description of project by RO_AR architects
The proposed building is located on the border of two different worlds: the urban and the natural. 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 form and spatial layout of the house are a direct response to this context.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
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.
At the same time, the form of the building addresses the need for proper illumination of the rooms by natural light, the question of “the problem of the ‘narrow’ entrance and the problematic location of the neighbouring building on the southern boundary of the site.
In the first steps, we designed a building that was created by the method of land deformation. The terrain was to transition smoothly from the north-west 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.
Family House Hlubocepy by RO_AR architects. Photography by Viola Hertelová.
Due to the need to limit the budget, it was necessary to significantly reduce the previously proposed building. It was decided on the risky method of directly cutting away “unnecessary” elements, which had to significantly affect the final result. Such a deliberately primitive and direct cut-off has in places resulted in surprisingly good effects, in other places the effect was worse. The changes involved almost exclusively organic, the rear part of the building and had little effect on the interior spaces, which, according to the original concept, were created by the clash between two geometries: organic and rectangular.
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Architects
RO_AR Szymon Rozwalka architects. Architect.- Szymon Rozwalka.
Project team
Design team.- Adéla Kyselová, Ada Rypl-Žabčíková, Jakub Staník, Jan Vojtíšek.
Collaborators
Structural engineer.- STATIKA Olomouc [Daniel Lemák, Roman Koiš]
Building services engineering.- Projekce TZB Prokeš [Jaroslav Prokeš]
Landscape architect.- Flera.
General contractor.- Bursik Holding.
Building services engineering.- Projekce TZB Prokeš [Jaroslav Prokeš]
Landscape architect.- Flera.
General contractor.- Bursik Holding.
Area
Built-up Area.- 268 m².
Gross Floor Area.- 331 m².
Usable Floor Area.- 260 m².
Plot size.- 2 495 m².
Gross Floor Area.- 331 m².
Usable Floor Area.- 260 m².
Plot size.- 2 495 m².
Dates
Project year.- 2015.
Completion year.- 2021.
Completion year.- 2021.
Location
Hlubočepská 54/9, Prague 5 – Hlubočepy, Czech Republic.
Photography
Szymon Rozwalka. RO_AR architects
O_AR Szymon Rozwałka Architects was founded in 2011 by the architect Szymon Rozwałka. The studio operates in Poland and the Czech Republic.
A very important field of action of the study is to design "within what exists", to design "in contradiction". On a theoretical level the study is concerned with an interaction with the existing. Not in the sense of subordinating the new to the old or subordinating the old to the new, but in the sense of a clash of the two. In a clash of the new and the existing, the contemporary and the past, we see immense potential for a release of the subconscious and the creation of the unexpected.
Szymon Rozwałka teaches at the Department of Experimental Design, Faculty of Architecture, BUT (Brno University of Technology).
A very important field of action of the study is to design "within what exists", to design "in contradiction". On a theoretical level the study is concerned with an interaction with the existing. Not in the sense of subordinating the new to the old or subordinating the old to the new, but in the sense of a clash of the two. In a clash of the new and the existing, the contemporary and the past, we see immense potential for a release of the subconscious and the creation of the unexpected.
Szymon Rozwałka teaches at the Department of Experimental Design, Faculty of Architecture, BUT (Brno University of Technology).
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