Forests of the Czech Republic

The building serves as an administrative structure with thirteen offices for approximately 20 employees, a meeting room for 25-30 people, an archive, a changing room for field clothing, and a technical support area. Part of the administrative building also includes a two-room inspection room with a sanitary unit and cooking facilities.

The placement of the buildings and parking areas is based on the natural configuration of the terrain. The design maximally respects the positions of mature trees. The volumetric solution of the administrative building is based on a classic low-energy concept - a simple, minimally articulated shape - a cuboid with a 1:2 aspect ratio, with the longer side oriented to the south. The dominant feature of the volume is a two-story glass entrance hall protected by a floating roof that spans the entire volume of the building across the width of the hall. The roof lightly rests on slanted columns symbolizing tree trunks - massive trunks coarsely worked with visible knots. The mass of the covered outdoor escape staircase is incorporated into the overall simple volume. In the southwestern part, the basement is expressed in the building's mass in the form of a stone plinth.

To the maximum possible extent, wood is used. On the load-bearing structure of the building, the cladding of the outer walls, terraces, and in the interior. As cladding, impregnated spruce boards arranged to meet (with an angled edge and minimal gap) are proposed for most of the façade. The volume of the escape staircase is clad in wooden beams. This motif is repeated in strips on the northern and eastern façades as well. In the interior, in addition to visible load-bearing elements, wood is also used in the massive construction of the staircase in the hall and in the ceilings - on veneered chipboard panels. The color accent of the façade is formed by exterior fabric roller blinds in orange. The blind installation box is hidden behind the wooden cladding of the façade.