Vila in Ostrava

Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Mountain House

Vila in Ostrava

Ostrava, Czech Republic

Firm

FAM Architekti

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2009

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

The villa is located on a large hill plot with outstanding views to surrounding landscape.The volume of the building is designed as single storey as the main client requirement was a barrier free space. This horizontal concept has produced an intense spatial relationship of all the interior spaces with the surrounding garden. The exterior – interior relationship is freely based on Wrightian ideas for prarie houses, which many Czech architects have adopted subsequently. Our design is developing this concept further. The building is located in the central zone of the plot, on its highest point, a predominantly flat plateau, so that the large garden is used generously in all aspects with all views taken into account. There is no front or rear elevation. It’s a modular concept in which interior spaces are interchanged with a series of courtyards, as we think of them, external rooms. The volume, plan and materials are a logical outcome of the position and orientation of the house. Materials used are left in their natural full-bodied rustic appearance, supporting the concept of a countryside villa. In principle all vertical structure is made of insulated clay blocks rendered with natural stucco. Horizontal structure is of exposed reinforced concrete. Structure and finishes flow freely from interior to exterior. They are complemented by built-in timber furniture, floors, and steel window frames, all left in their natural appearance.