An excellent example of minimalist architecture in Litomyšl is the non-traditional single-family bungalow of pharmacist Jiří Seidl at 133 Kornická Street. The house was built between 2005 and 2007 in a new housing locality on the north side of the street. The team of architects entrusted with the project, Aleš Holman and Klára Sedláková, had a free reign in designing the building. The investor's only condition was that the building should be barrier free and that the interior should be as closely linked with the surrounding garden as possible.
The level terrain helped the architects to design the new building in the shape of a low prism – a simple box-shape whose subtlety and lightness are supported by large glazed areas and French windows in aluminium frames, fitting almost flush with the facade. The north-east facade is the only one not broken up by glazed areas but atypically designed with a steel entrance door located in the exact centre of the facade and rising to the cornice below the roof.
The architects applied the same motif – tall, slim doors rising to the ceiling – to all the interior (sliding and hinged) doors. Thanks to this, a sense of uninterrupted, “flowing” space is achieved when the doors are open, an important aspect for the architects.
Moreover, the greatest possible merging of the interior with the exterior is supported (along with the generously-sized windows) by the similarity of materials used on the wooden interior floors and the decking outside, which butts up to main living room in its entire length, almost as if “crossing the boundaries” of the house.
With a minimum budget the architects achieved an exceptionally impressive environment, blurring the border between the interior and exterior.
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