Reconstruction of a family house in Klánovice

The plot with the family house is located on the outskirts of the Prague Klánovice district, among the existing residential development of family houses, in a completely residential area. Its area is 872 m². The original family house dates back to the 1970s. The design did not expand the footprint of the house and largely retained the original successful spatial solution. Only minor spatial changes occurred in the garage area. More significant adjustments consisted mainly of altering the dimensions of the external openings and creating a new composition for the exterior appearance of the house. The mass of the house was maximally simplified, like a sculpture, in a grey cement color, carved with generous openings. Roof overhangs were removed, and a new roofing covering of folded titanium-zinc sheet was installed. The house was insulated and provided with an extremely smooth thin-layer plaster. The original window openings were enlarged, and new ones were drilled through; the original fillings were replaced with aluminum frames in an anthracite shade. The windows were supplemented with external roller shutters. Inside the house, completely new installation systems and new surfaces were created.

Two small complementary structures were designed on the plot. Concrete horizontal slabs on square-section steel hot-dip galvanized columns. A free-standing structure for a covered parking space for two cars was realized in front of the garage entrance. In the southwest corner of the plot, a garden gazebo with an outdoor kitchen was built in the same expression. The space of the gazebo is framed by greenery and a minimalist concrete water feature.

The layout remained largely unchanged compared to the original. The building is entered from the southwest side, with the entrance door recessed into the mass of the house, creating a covered vestibule. From the entrance hall, one can enter to the left into the living space and to the right into the newly created rooms - a guest room, a dressing room, and a bathroom, or continue further into the garage. The living space is divided by protruding load-bearing walls and various height levels into five parts - hall, dining room, relaxation nook with a fireplace, living area with TV, and kitchen. A staircase leads directly from this space to the second floor. From the kitchen, a staircase leads to the basement level. The layout of the basement remained almost original - accessible from a continuous hallway is an office, a technical room with a laundry, and further through a hall, a newly created relaxation room with a sauna, toilet, and shower. The basement is illuminated in two places by floor skylights.
From the hall on the second floor, access is available to individual children's rooms, an office, a bathroom, and the parents' bedroom. From the bedroom, there is access to a walkable terrace above the garage, and from one children's room, there is access to a loggia.