authors: Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
cooperation: Miroslav Veselý, dipl. tech.
main contractors: Metrostav a.s.
investor: Metrostav Navatyp, a.s.
volume: 350 mil. Kč
photographer: Filip Šlapal, Pavel Štecha
- VPS_2 kmz, 640 kB

Residential complex above Prague

The design draws upon the energy of the boundary, in a unique site in the dramatic morphology of Prague. The material is a kind of quotation of the surrounding walls and the Baroque fortifications. Developing the thoughts of the competition entry and treating the investor’s requirements modified the original concept. Energy and tension remain, but the mass is divided into villa-apartments placed on a common pedestal. The deep introverted loggias have been changed into voyeuristic oriels, which in their mass manipulate the overall scale of the

buildings. Liberating the floor plan from structural elements and the strategic placement of technical cores allowed for individual changes in disposition. The three freestanding villas at the eastern tip of the site have been transformed into an aggressive wooden tube, levitating above its massive one-storied base.