The family house is located four kilometers outside the nearest village and opens up to views of the mountain landscape
The family house is located in the Krkonoše Mountains National Park and offers quiet and beautiful views of the countryside. The building is located in a protected area and therefore strict rules had to be observed. For example, it was not possible to build the house on any part of the property. For this reason, the new house follows the layout of the original building that stood there many years ago.
The lower part of the building, the base of which consists of a reinforced concrete structure, is recessed into the hillside. From the northeast side, where the main entrance to the house is located, it is completely below ground level. However, the ground floor is accessible from the opposite south-west side facing away from the garden. The main entrance leads to the first floor, technologically designed as a wooden building. The shape of the roof of the house is based on the strict requirements for the appearance of the building set by the authorities, but also on the nature of the mountain environment. As a result, the roof was given a saddle shape with a steep slope. The roofing is replaced by glued larch battens, which the architect also used as facade cladding for the whole house.
The entire south-west side of the house is covered in glass on both floors, giving every room an unobstructed view of the countryside. The whole walls were glassed with frameless windows, where the glass from the outside covers the supporting structures. The fixed elements are complemented on the lower floor by French windows giving access to the garden, and on the upper floor by a HS portal leading to a triangular-shaped balcony.
The architect equipped the windows, as well as the interior doors, with MAXIMAL and MINIMAL fittings from M&T. "I use these handle models very often in my designs. I like the fact that these are comprehensive collections of fittings that include products for both doors and windows," says architect Zdeněk Fránek.
Collection of Maximal