Fence House

single family house in Cheb
CZ, Karlovarský kraj, Cheb, Dyleňská, Dělnická — 2004
family house
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
team, collaboration
Lenka Mašková
photographer
Ester Havlová
awards
Nový domov 2004

The two-story, flat roof building is built on a rhomboidal ground-plan.
The house responds to diversity and incompatibility of the exterior impetus by closing itself into a word of its own. To its surroundings, it becomes a fence - a perforated garden wall. The wall forms a dividing line between the public and private territories, and delineates a boundary between the life "in the street" and the life "at home".
The sloping plot allowed the entrance story to be "insert it" into the terrain. The way through the house thus naturally ascends from the entrance hall, with a garage, sauna and swimming pool, to the living storey, with two separate apartments and entrance into the garden. From there, the visitor is able to see the other face of the house.
The fence copies the border of the plot while defining the perimeter walls of the house. It is variable in nature and height. The folds formed by the fence moving alongside the plot are partitioned by a glass wall creating the interior of the house in the process. The interior is further subdivided into the intimate spaces of bedrooms and bathrooms, and social areas interconnected with the garden, which becomes a part of the interior as well.
A traditional technology employing molded ceramic blocks was used. Ceilings are from ferroconcrete poured int wood board forms was used in the living rooms. Window frames are made from spruce europrofiles. Oak wood was used for floors and terraces.
Alternating structures and colors on the facades enhance the perception of the difference between the face and reverse. Aside from a coat of paint on the inside of the fence, the original colors and structures of the materials used have been preserved. 

 

Fence House

single family house in Cheb
CZ, Karlovarský kraj, Cheb, Dyleňská, Dělnická — 2004
family house
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
team, collaboration
Lenka Mašková
photographer
Ester Havlová
awards
Nový domov 2004

The two-story, flat roof building is built on a rhomboidal ground-plan.
The house responds to diversity and incompatibility of the exterior impetus by closing itself into a word of its own. To its surroundings, it becomes a fence - a perforated garden wall. The wall forms a dividing line between the public and private territories, and delineates a boundary between the life "in the street" and the life "at home".
The sloping plot allowed the entrance story to be "insert it" into the terrain. The way through the house thus naturally ascends from the entrance hall, with a garage, sauna and swimming pool, to the living storey, with two separate apartments and entrance into the garden. From there, the visitor is able to see the other face of the house.
The fence copies the border of the plot while defining the perimeter walls of the house. It is variable in nature and height. The folds formed by the fence moving alongside the plot are partitioned by a glass wall creating the interior of the house in the process. The interior is further subdivided into the intimate spaces of bedrooms and bathrooms, and social areas interconnected with the garden, which becomes a part of the interior as well.
A traditional technology employing molded ceramic blocks was used. Ceilings are from ferroconcrete poured int wood board forms was used in the living rooms. Window frames are made from spruce europrofiles. Oak wood was used for floors and terraces.
Alternating structures and colors on the facades enhance the perception of the difference between the face and reverse. Aside from a coat of paint on the inside of the fence, the original colors and structures of the materials used have been preserved.