Interior of a family house in Hradec Králové

The interior was designed for a newly built row house, whose interior was in a Shell & Core state with completed partition constructions. The layout solution was preserved with regard to the client’s requirements.
From our perspective, the adopted layout of the house suffered from two main issues. A lack of natural light and an inadequately sized main living space with a significantly undersized kitchen.
As the primary means of illuminating the interior, we of course used glazed surfaces of doors and walls. However, much more importantly, it turned out during the design process that the areas covered by light were crucial. In the main entrance to the house, there is no classic entryway, but rather a wall of the bathroom with a rounded corner exposed to the glazed entrance door. The wall is covered with a play of shadows. We repeat the same effect with the angled wall of the wardrobe in the bedroom, which suffers from a lack of light even more than the entryway. On the ground floor, our intention is greatly aided by an epoxy screed that gently reflects both natural and artificial lighting. The remaining surfaces of the interior are designed in light shades, saving on dark accents.
The poorly designed main living space is addressed by a diagonally positioned kitchen, which is followed by an irregularly shaped fireplace surround. A diagonally directed light strip intersects the ceiling landscape.
The irregularity present in the interior is therefore not coincidental. It is our response to the imperfection of the original design.