Connecting corridor of Hotel Pawlik

construction of a connecting corridor
CZ, Františkovy Lázně, 5. května — 1998
bridge
investor, client
Lázně Františkovy Lázně a.s.
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
main contractor
Západní stavební a.s.
photographer
Pavel Štecha
awards
Grand Prix Obce architektů 1999

A delicate bridge links the historic structures into the operational unit of a resort hotel, and flows among the mature trees above the wavy lawn of the park. Its transparent, almost immaterial construction of bonded wood is conceived as a garden pavilion, offering no competition to the buildings it connects. The structure touches the ground only at the minimum possible number of points, such that at the moment when it ceases to be functional it can be recycled without leaving any traces. The regular modulation, the visible tectonics of assembly, and the slender proportions resonate harmoniously with the classicistic order of the surrounding spa. Removable fabric blinds invoke a sense of seasonal romanticism.

Connecting corridor of Hotel Pawlik

construction of a connecting corridor
CZ, Františkovy Lázně, 5. května — 1998
bridge
investor, client
Lázně Františkovy Lázně a.s.
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
main contractor
Západní stavební a.s.
photographer
Pavel Štecha
awards
Grand Prix Obce architektů 1999

A delicate bridge links the historic structures into the operational unit of a resort hotel, and flows among the mature trees above the wavy lawn of the park. Its transparent, almost immaterial construction of bonded wood is conceived as a garden pavilion, offering no competition to the buildings it connects. The structure touches the ground only at the minimum possible number of points, such that at the moment when it ceases to be functional it can be recycled without leaving any traces. The regular modulation, the visible tectonics of assembly, and the slender proportions resonate harmoniously with the classicistic order of the surrounding spa. Removable fabric blinds invoke a sense of seasonal romanticism.