Family House Písnice

This is a reconstruction and extension of a family house, which was initially a standalone barn built in the 1920s. During the second half of the 20th century, the building was repurposed into a standalone residential house and enlarged with an addition in an L-shaped floor plan.
The architectural intention was to preserve the historical part of the building – the barn with a gable roof – as much as possible, while transforming the later addition, reflective of the time it was built, into a purely contemporary design to create a harmonious, cohesive whole with the original part.
The southern, street-facing facade was created by joining 2.5 roofs, which gradually change their proportions and slope. The curve of the gables grows gradually, achieving a smooth transition between the single-story part with a higher living area and the two-story part containing the individual bedrooms.
The new extension – the eastern wing – houses a living room with a kitchen, which, due to its position on the terrain, allows direct contact with the garden. The living room, together with the entrance space, staircase, and hallway on the upper floor, forms a spacious open area leading up to the roof structure. In each of the two gables on the street facade, there is a children's room; in the gable facing the garden, there is a parents' bedroom along with a dressing room. Thus, the second floor contains three separate rooms opening into the gable of the pitched roof – essentially three mini-houses, catering to the needs of a family of four.
The expression of the house clearly shows the new extension, which is adorned with a ventilated facade made of unplaned and untreated larch boards. In contrast, the original part of the house has gray plaster with preserved original pilasters. Together, however, they form a single entity.