ARCHITECTURE
Studio House in Ratiboř
The site is located in the heart of Ratiboř village in the eastern part of Czechia. The neighborhood has been developing inconsistently, resulting in a chaotic context. Our house critically reflects its environment and presents a different approach to today’s housing, challenging conventional daily routine of commuting from home to work in the city.This is reflected in the disposition, consisting of three studios – three smaller objects connected into one
Wooden house Bernau, Southern Bohemia
Imagine a valley with a quietly murmuring creek surrounded by a pine forest. There is a tiny glade at the top of the hill where the needles have a nice scent and when you want to sit on the ground, you are careful not to get your shorts dirty from blueberries. A place where you would like to return to regularly to clear your head from the hustle and bustle
Ilya botanic suites, Alonissos
On an east oriented plot of 400.000 m2 approximately in Steni Vala, nestled among the North Sporades island of Alonissos’ wild and natural landscape, a 3-level reinforced concrete frame was built in 2018 under a previous building permit. Οn this ‘canvas’, facing the protected and full of ancient shipwrecks marine park of the island, our creative team was requested to implement an original 340 m2 / 6 suites boutique hotel
Arcadia center, Milano
Arcadia Center is the redevelopment project of a 1970s-era building, a freestanding structure of about 20,000 sqm, placed in Via Grosio, in Milan’s Gallaratese district. Arcadia Center project has been tailor-made by the studio Giuseppe Tortato Architetti, which boasts 20 years of experience in urban regeneration, and it will house the new headquarters of Volkswagen Leasing GmbH and Volkswagen Bank GmbH. The project is characterized by a refined contrast between
Twins in Mivka, Ljubljana
This project contains two residential building twins with atriums and parking spaces. Each half-twins segment contains two separate apartments which are separated from each other by floors in the way that they share the middle floor. The ground apartment owns the ground floor with the atrium and the first half of the middle floor, while the apartment on top owns the second half of the middle floor and the top
Country House J, Záhorie
Country house J is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Slovak house with a “gánok”, a kind of a corridor (the Slovak word “gánok” originated from German - Gang). The house lies at the end of a picturesque village in western Slovakia. Just as there used to be a solid house for living and a wooden barn next to it in the past, today we have designed a brick
Family house Maxičky, Maxičky
The original house, although full of magic, was so rigidly defined by its design, construction and materials that it was impossible to transform it by a standard reconstruction. We have therefore designed a new house, while respecting the historically given arrangement of the old linden tree / house / barn. Original beautiful, but damp massive sandstone walls and small rooms in between them, were replaced by contemporary materials that allowed
Montessori kindergarten, Klecany
Colour and object abstemiousness and absence of loud toys and motives are connected to educational specifics, which are built on Montessori tools and system. Our concept of the Kindergarten in Klecany reflects mostly one of the key elements of Montessori education: “a Montessori prepared environment”. An environment is separated into corners which offer places for so-called real activities. Based on children’s needs, they are free to cook in a
Houses in the mist, Rtyně v Podkrkonoš
A stone and a stoneMisty uddersOver the waterOver the bridgeSomewhere in the north, under the Jestřebí Mountains, lies Rtyně in Podkrkonoší. From the 16th century, there is a wooden belfry soaring above the roofs of the cottages. Long before, however, a fierce brook Rtyňka scoured its bed through the leas. Today, its banks are fringed by smallish gardens, sprinkled with small houses typical of Giant Mountains. Somewhere here, between the
Place in Paradise, Lázně Bohdaneč
„In Paradise“ was the name of the original village which was later engulfed by town of Lázně Bohdaneč in the 20th century. The village square suggests the original concept. One house is different though. Maybe a school or a post office. It is high with wide windows and flat roof. The scale and size is larger than the surrounding houses. Nothing seems wrong here but the truth is that
Family house, Prague
A small house on a tiny site, finished by a steep sandstone rock on the southern side. The walls are plastered on the side facing the street, and wooden-clad to the garden; the windows to the street are small, while those to the garden are as large as possible. There are more windows in the ceiling above the kitchen unit, and above the bench in the vestibule; more light gets
THE HILL house, Ulcinj
From the beginning for our studio it was important to design a villa that had to be contextualized so that the house would be stretched out and placed inside the location. By integrating the home with the terrain and handling the details to enhance environmental appreciation, this carefully positioned and developed design gains an outdoor treatment in a challenging location. The project was influenced by the countless coastal villas