Reconstruction of a historic apartment building

During the overall reconstruction, it was possible to rework the cleaned-out area of the corner apartment. We stripped it of layers of an additionally inserted bathroom and storage room. The large and awkwardly-placed additions occupied almost the entire space of the tract along the open corridor.

The original corner room was preserved, the adjacent space of the dining room opened into the kitchen, located in the entrance area near the open corridor. The built-in furniture provides a natural division from the entrance hall, lighting is provided by a bay window and a glass entrance door. The bathroom and toilet are symmetrically placed along the corridor to the bedroom. The private space of the apartment is thus separated from the collective part. A modest but strong layout solution made it possible to use simple light materials for construction and furniture elements in the interior. The white surfaces look natural, they do not attract excessive attention. They illuminate the formerly dark apartment, subtly unifying the original and newly designed spatial arrangement.

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  w: Petr Michálek (construction), Jan Rous, Vojtěch Sedlák (carpenters)
  photo: Robert Žákovič