refurbishment of the house in Libochovany
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| location | Libochovany |
| function | private house |
| contributed by | 31plan |
We are asking how to adapt a hundred years old and only little maintained house to everyday needs of a modern family (small floor space, technology and materials not functional anymore, lacking sanitary facilities ...). At the same time we do not want to break or violate soft, sensitive links and layerings created here over the time, as these generate a strong character of this place - magical (and familiar) atmosphere. Usable area of ??the house (one floor has 30 m2) does not allow to add everything one needs inside. Therefore we leave the house layout almost unchanged, and everything necessary is added outside - instead of an old woodshed on the west side of the house (kitchen), at the southern facade instead of the ancient toilets (bathrooms) and in front of the east entrance (vestibule). Form of extensions derives from the shape and proportions of the existing house, which is basically a set of cubes rising from a plan on two squares (vertical stairs and the residential part of the

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