Addition to the Sanatorium of Dr. Peták
The Dr. Peták Sanatorium, completed in 2001, offers comprehensive spa care: balneotherapy, accommodation, and dining.
Operations soon showed that the balneological section could satisfy a greater number of spa guests than the original accommodation part of the sanatorium was designed for. The task was therefore to increase the bed capacity by an additional 18 beds, create a more diverse offer of hotel room standards, and expand the administrative background.
Because the original building forms a closed compositional unit, the increased capacity was realized in a separate extension that does not compete with the original building. The extension was chosen in the form of a standalone pavilion placed in the garden and functionally connected to the main building by a light connecting corridor. The extension represents a kind of greenhouse or winter garden positioned on one of the terraces created in the garden.
Spa guests have particularly enjoyed the hotel rooms with private loggias during long-term stays, which have gradually been glazed to allow for year-round use. Therefore, the design of the extension was conceived from the outset with the poetics of a seasonal construction that allows easy connection between the exterior and interior. Five rooms and four apartments are designed to be divisible into separate parts. The entrance area and sanitary facilities are of the same standard as in the original building, with the bed section being separable from the living area by sliding glass walls.
The living area becomes a loggia when the glazed façade of the building is pushed back and folded to the recess. Thus, the entire building can be transformed into a kind of veranda. The seasonal character is also emphasized by outdoor roller blinds made of raw canvas.
The autonomy of the pavilion in the overall composition is reflected in its structural solution as well as in the choice of materials and white color. Compared to the strongly horizontal composition of the original building, the extension is almost completely defined by a vertical grid of folding window elements. Structurally, it consists of a brick system with monolithic ceilings. The connecting bridge is derived from the steel skeleton of the original building and lightly touches the mass of the extension. By gradually expanding towards the restaurant, the communication element becomes a social space, a kind of extended lobby. The gently rising ceiling then subtly connects the different structural heights of the extension and the ground floor of the sanatorium.
Operations soon showed that the balneological section could satisfy a greater number of spa guests than the original accommodation part of the sanatorium was designed for. The task was therefore to increase the bed capacity by an additional 18 beds, create a more diverse offer of hotel room standards, and expand the administrative background.
Because the original building forms a closed compositional unit, the increased capacity was realized in a separate extension that does not compete with the original building. The extension was chosen in the form of a standalone pavilion placed in the garden and functionally connected to the main building by a light connecting corridor. The extension represents a kind of greenhouse or winter garden positioned on one of the terraces created in the garden.
Spa guests have particularly enjoyed the hotel rooms with private loggias during long-term stays, which have gradually been glazed to allow for year-round use. Therefore, the design of the extension was conceived from the outset with the poetics of a seasonal construction that allows easy connection between the exterior and interior. Five rooms and four apartments are designed to be divisible into separate parts. The entrance area and sanitary facilities are of the same standard as in the original building, with the bed section being separable from the living area by sliding glass walls.
The living area becomes a loggia when the glazed façade of the building is pushed back and folded to the recess. Thus, the entire building can be transformed into a kind of veranda. The seasonal character is also emphasized by outdoor roller blinds made of raw canvas.
The autonomy of the pavilion in the overall composition is reflected in its structural solution as well as in the choice of materials and white color. Compared to the strongly horizontal composition of the original building, the extension is almost completely defined by a vertical grid of folding window elements. Structurally, it consists of a brick system with monolithic ceilings. The connecting bridge is derived from the steel skeleton of the original building and lightly touches the mass of the extension. By gradually expanding towards the restaurant, the communication element becomes a social space, a kind of extended lobby. The gently rising ceiling then subtly connects the different structural heights of the extension and the ground floor of the sanatorium.
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