Foot of the Hill Apartments, Bohutín residences, Czech Republic building, CZ architecture photos
Foot of the Hill Apartments, Bohutín, Czech Republic
19 July 2024
Architects: Karnet architekti
Location: Vysoká Pec 139, Bohutín, Czech Republic
Photos by Petr Polák
Foot of the Hill Apartments, Czech Republic
In the shadow of the Brdy hills, a dense fog veils the landscape in mystery. The morning rays of the sun, piercing through it on their way to a new day, gradually unveil the contours of spruce trees. And where there once stood a carpentry workshop and an old school, now emerges the silhouette of a new house.
To deal with the form of the Foot of the Hill Apartments in the middle of a small village, not a city, was an interesting challenge for us. The existing non-functional production area was also losing its sense in this location in terms of urban planning and future development of the village. We quickly identified with the investor’s intention. We cleaned up the volumes of the three main original buildings of the site to archetypal shapes without later additions, used the generous courtyard as a car park, and began to design the new phase.
On the footprint of the southern structure, which was demolished due to poor foundation conditions, a new three-story building was built. Along its southern and eastern facades, we designed continuous balconies that provide shade and own terrace for each apartment. By extending the gabled roof and creating a column arrangement, we unified the space into a compact silhouette. The ground-floor apartments are connected by an entrance directly to the parking lot and use the original garden on the south side.
The eastern building, the old school used as a warehouse, had massive brick walls and a high stone base. In this part, we propose maisonettes. These terraced houses, with the first floor at the level of the parking area, feature private gardens with views to the west towards the Brdy forests. Each maisonette has its staircase entrance on the east side.
The third, northern building remains unfinished according to the original design.
The design intended to unify all the buildings, to architecturally harmonize them into one compact whole, which naturally follows the countryside morphology. In designing, we were able to afford materials that would not make sense in a larger village. We used wood as a characteristic architectural element for each building. Its shades are unified throughout the site, as are the profiles of the railings, the color of the windows, and the door and window handles.
The design solution is different for each building. The southern building is constructed of Porotherm blocks and insulated with polystyrene according to the current energy standards. The roof is tin due to the low original pitch. An iso-beam system was used for the construction of the balconies due to the subtlety of the front edge and the possibility of visual treatment of the concrete. The eastern building has the original brick construction, which is provided with polystyrene contact insulation. The external staircases are composed of precast concrete elements. In the maisonettes, a monolithic concrete ceiling structure is used. Heating is centrally provided for all units by three powerful air-to-water heat pumps. Hot water tanks are located in the central technical room.
Long-Wardrobe Apartment
As part of the residential building design, there was also a detailed solution for one of the maisonette apartments in the eastern structure. The relatively long and narrow apartment was conceptually divided into three zones in the longitudinal direction – closet, hallway, and everything else (bathrooms, rooms, kitchen, entrance hall, staircase). The hallway connects one facade to another with a view from the entrance door to the garden.
In the interior, we left uncovered a monolithic ceiling structure in contrast with the oak floor in a parquet pattern. Along the side wall, a built-in wardrobe runs through the entire apartment, which adapts its functionality to the room: in the living room, a triple panel hides the TV wall, at the dining table it expands the kitchen area, and in the hallway opposite the bathroom we can find a cosmetic corner and other storage spaces.
Foot of the Hill Apartments in Bohutín, Czech Republic – Building Information
Studio: Karnet architekti – https://www.karnet.archi/
Author: Michael Karnet
Contact E-mail: office@karnet.archi
Social media: www.instagram.com/karnet_architekti
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Studio address: Komenského náměstí 389, 261 01 Příbram, Czech Republic
Co-author: Vojtěch Kramář
Design team: Václav Liška, Filip Rajman, Jiří Lukáš
Project location: Vysoká Pec 139, Bohutín
Project country: Czech Republic
Project year: 2020
Completion year: 2023
Built-up area: 1102 m²
Gross floor area: 1966 m²
Usable floor area: 1838 m²
Plot size: 3493 m²
Client: Bydlení Vysoká Pec
Client’s website: www.bydlenivysokapec.cz
Collaborator: Construction supervision, engineering: Stapora [Jiří Mach], www.stapora.cz
Joinery: Milan Krejčí, www.truhlar-krejci.cz
Materials
Apartment Building
silicate plaster, 1,5 mm
aluminium – window frames
glass – railings
larch wood with oil base glaze, Osmo
concrete – Prefa, outdoor stairway eastern building
Long-Wardrobe Apartment
concrete – ceiling
oak wood, oil base glaze – floor
tiles – Fragmenta full body, manufacturer Ariostea, color Botticino Dorato
oak veneer – in situ furniture design
laminate – in situ furniture design
aluminium – in situ furniture design
Products and Brands
Coconut armchair — Vitra\www.vitra.com
Shibari light — Bomma\www.bomma.cz
Milana light — Marset\www.marset.com
Mags sofa, Peas carpet, AAC chair — HAY\www.hay.dk
Light bathroom tap — Paffoni\www.paffoni.it
Fragmenta full body tiles — Ariostea\www.ariostea-high-tech.com
Wire florwer pots — Audo\www.audocph.com
About Karnet architekti
Where the Brdy forests meet uranium mines. From the darkness, we emerge shaped by the Příbram atmosphere. We dig under the surface into the depths of your dreams.
We are an architectural studio based in Příbram. The atelier was founded by Michael Karnet in 2017 after completing studies at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the Technical University of Liberec. We are a group of architects and civil engineers. We specialize in a wide range of design, covering everything from interiors and residential homes to public buildings.
In 2023, the Czech Architect+ magazine included us in its annual TOP 100 selection among the 10 emerging architects.
In 2020, we received the BigSEE Interior Design Award for the design of Cafe Smoo in Příbram.
Photography: Photographer Petr Polák, petr@petrpolakstudio.cz, petrpolakstudio.cz
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