<DIV>DEAR little HOUSE</DIV>
author's exhibition a1architects
8. 2. - 4. 3. 2012 / opening on 8. 2. 2012 at 6 PM
House of Art, Přemysl Otakar II Square 38, České Budějovice
open daily except Mondays, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
"DEAR SMALL HOUSES" are the result of an internal workshop at a1architects, during which each studio member designed several conceptual houses. With a series of models at a scale of 1:25, a1 presents the theme of unlimited living in limited space. The main motivation for the entire work is the desire to find and design a house that, although small by conventional measures, hides a specific form of size within it.
"Small" here does not mean uncomfortable, insufficient, or minimal, but rather represents DEAR, human, and cozy. Size represents the freedom to generously manage space within its limits - no matter how restrictive those limits may be. The exhibition is aimed at a wide audience. Although its foundations refer to issues discussed in professional circles, it primarily serves as a personal reflection on conventional demands for ideal housing. That is, notions in which the value of a house is seen only in square meters fitting into a grouping of several rooms and a living room with a kitchen, where the struggle for uniqueness is limited to the color of the facade and primitive ornamentation.
The conceptual designs presented in the exhibition through models suggest a way in which conscious "smallness" offers an answer to the formal emptiness of contemporary mass construction - DEAR small HOUSE.
Part of the exhibition, based on the visual experience of large models, is also a working laboratory of the studio, which will unveil the process by which houses are created in the studio, but will primarily provide an open space for creative expression of visitors and their mutual dialogue not only with the members of the studio.
The studio intentionally does not extensively present its architectural work to date; however, alongside the conceptual models, it will deliberately showcase its three "smallest" yet "dearest" buildings realized in recent years.
"Size is not destiny, size is a choice"
House of Art, Přemysl Otakar II Square 38, České Budějovice
open daily except Mondays, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
"DEAR SMALL HOUSES" are the result of an internal workshop at a1architects, during which each studio member designed several conceptual houses. With a series of models at a scale of 1:25, a1 presents the theme of unlimited living in limited space. The main motivation for the entire work is the desire to find and design a house that, although small by conventional measures, hides a specific form of size within it.
"Small" here does not mean uncomfortable, insufficient, or minimal, but rather represents DEAR, human, and cozy. Size represents the freedom to generously manage space within its limits - no matter how restrictive those limits may be. The exhibition is aimed at a wide audience. Although its foundations refer to issues discussed in professional circles, it primarily serves as a personal reflection on conventional demands for ideal housing. That is, notions in which the value of a house is seen only in square meters fitting into a grouping of several rooms and a living room with a kitchen, where the struggle for uniqueness is limited to the color of the facade and primitive ornamentation.
The conceptual designs presented in the exhibition through models suggest a way in which conscious "smallness" offers an answer to the formal emptiness of contemporary mass construction - DEAR small HOUSE.
Part of the exhibition, based on the visual experience of large models, is also a working laboratory of the studio, which will unveil the process by which houses are created in the studio, but will primarily provide an open space for creative expression of visitors and their mutual dialogue not only with the members of the studio.
The studio intentionally does not extensively present its architectural work to date; however, alongside the conceptual models, it will deliberately showcase its three "smallest" yet "dearest" buildings realized in recent years.
"Size is not destiny, size is a choice"
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