Raumplan in Prague-Modřany
Ideally, work on designing a future house begins long before the first sketch, with consultations on selecting the perfect plot. In this case, the search took many months, but finally, one late summer evening, the investor and I found ourselves watching the sunset from a peaceful spot overlooking a wide valley. To borrow a phrase from Czech writer Ludvík Vaculík: the plot was small, but cozy. The house was destined to take the smallest slice possible - yet it needed to contain everything its future inhabitants desired. The result is a house whose interior spaces, inspired by Adolf Loos's concept of Raumplan, spiral up in half-floors around a central staircase. From the dark basement garage to the far-reaching views through windows in the highest-placed bedroom and study. Everything in it is designed just right, not a meter to spare.
The study for this Prague house was created in early 2017. After following up with a complete project and chasing down the necessary fifty-eight 'stamps', the house was built from autumn 2018 to the end of 2019. And it was realized in the same ideal spirit in which our collaboration on the design began - I oversaw the construction through weekly site inspections, and the house was completed down to the last detail of built-in furniture, which I designed in collaboration with my colleague Alice Svobodová to fit precisely. The general contractor was Stavby Smutný s.r.o., with Ing. Miroslav Vlček ensuring technical supervision on behalf of the investor.
Initial Architectural Study
