Our goal was to construct in this place a building that would be reasonable, a bit modest in a way that would lead the students toward humility; a simple, almost ordinary structure. The new building is oriented towards the entrance axes of the CVUT campus. It is turned in the direction of the entrance by an open courtyard, delimited only by two facades and a pillar. The building content is concentrated around this entry space in a V-shape. The new building is conceived as an 8-floor building with a firm shape and a relatively heavy façade. The entire structure is comprised of bricks and only the entrance part exposes the concrete construction of the structure. The house is cut by three covered atria. Large auditoriums rise from the volume in the North-East direction as add-on, covered with sheet metal masses. Color accents of different sections of the layout comprise a part of the decoration of the structure. The block of elevators and the block of sanitary units in the entire above ground structure are treated in intensive colors. The large auditoriums blocks, including their parts penetrating from the exterior into the interior are also emphasized by an intensive color coat. The framework of the building consists of a steel reinforced mass with a basic module of 8 000 mm. The ceiling blocks are designed as die-free slabs with a constant thickness. The inside walls are made of concrete and brick with a sound insulation. The whole layout is aired through the atria and in the summer period at night automatically air-cooled. The intensity of the artificial lighting is automatically regulated and the whole building is designed from the operational perspective as highly energy efficient.
Prague - Dejvice
completed
2010
Lukas Ehl Tomas Koumar Alena Sramkova
Marketa Cajthamlova, Lenka Brozova - interior design Terra Florida - landscape Tomas Soucek - photo
2005-08