In the 1970s, at the time of socialist construction, a complex of family houses with internal open atriums was built in Pilsen, which had a great architectural and urban quality for that time, inspired by the distant Scandinavia. Young investors, doctors, bought one of these houses and decided to do a complete renovation. They wanted to bring their love of modern architecture, Mies van den Rohe and the genius loci of Villa Tugendhat, which they had visited together several times in Brno, to their new home. The main aim of the renovation was to open up the house and its interior spaces as much as possible towards the atrium, an 8 x 10 m outdoor space, and to bring natural light into the interior, whose changing intensity will enhance the life in the house. Within the layout modifications, including mainly connecting the living area with the dining room and kitchen, enlarging the bathroom, creating two separate children’s rooms and a study, comfortable living for a family of four was created. The window openings facing the atrium were stripped of their sills, and in the main living space a large 6 m wide window opening with a sliding sash was created by demolishing the pillar to maximize the connection between the interior and exterior. The living area is connected to the outdoor living terrace, above which levitates a steel pergola with a fabric canopy for shading on sunny summer days. It is already part of the atrium, another “living room” in the house. The exterior and interior are unified by the neutral white color. It is complemented by a seamless polyurethane trowel in a light beige shade connecting all the living rooms in the house, natural travertine stone used as a tile in the fireplace, bathroom, toilet and oak veneer on custom-made furniture. The interior is complemented by Halabala armchairs and black Thonet bentwood chairs.

build: 2022

photo: Peter Fabo

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