Family house Hlubočepy

Family house: a sensitive and timeless renovation

The existing family house is located on an elevated site in Prague Hlubočepy. Its location offers spectacular views of the Prokop’s valley and at the same time provides very good interior light.

The house was built in the 1970s, and over time the building was extended and supplemented with various extensions until its form became somewhat illegible.

The investor’s initial intention was to reduce the energy requirements of the house and the heating method, as well as the organisation of the internal layout and the zoning of the building. The main intention of the architects was to simplify and purify the structure to create pure cubic masses that blend and complement each other.

The composition of the building works with a white cube-shaped mass that emerges from a cuboid platform with a surface of cut bricks.

The shapes of both volumes are accentuated and supported by individual windows that reflect the shapes of the masses. The internal layout of the building is divided into individual residential units, with one on each floor.

In total, there are 4 apartments with multiple layouts. The roof of the house is transformed in the design into a residential roof terrace, which offers views of the Prague skyline. The surroundings of the house are arranged in such a way that the terrain on the north, east and south sides is connected to the 1st floor level.

On the south side of the house a new swimming pool with a terrace is designed, which freely flows into the garden. The garden respects the original layout but with the pool and terrace adds a new dimension as per the client’s brief.