Vila Bôrik

Annotation
The urban villa physically corresponds with the surrounding buildings by concealing approximately one third of its program in an underground floor illuminated by a patio below the ground level. The house itself consists of three floors, each representing a different organization of space (open social floor, grid of private rooms, system of passage rooms). All floors are connected by a characteristic spiral staircase located outside the square footprint of the central part of the house. Additional specific elements of the villa that complement its basic cubic volume include the western “functional facade” acting as a filter between the street and the interior, and a sloped roof marking the entrance to the house on its northern side.

Detailed Description
The environment in which the villa is located is characterized by relatively homogeneous construction of solitary family houses at more or less regular intervals. Each house is accompanied by gardens that together form a continuous garden landscape. The proposed family house respects this typical interrupted structure and occupies the site where the original house stood. At the same time, it does not reveal its total volume by utilizing the underground floor, which concentrates a third of its program.
The house itself is three floors, consisting of two above-ground and one underground floor, with each floor representing a formally distinct organization of space. The characteristic spiral staircase, connecting all three floors of the house, is located outside the square footprint of the central part of the house, allowing for a more flexible handling of the layout of the individual floors. Other specific elements of the villa that complement its basic cubic volume include the western “functional” facade serving as a filter between the street and the interior and a triangular roof in front of the entrance to the house on its northern side.
The first above-ground floor (social part) is conceived as an open plan, one continuous space in which the furniture elements are freely arranged. It fully utilizes the potential of the east-west orientation of the plot and illuminates the entire floor from these two sides, capturing various light atmospheres throughout the day. The free layout allows for different ways and configurations of using the ground floor. The western protruding “functional” facade, in this case, serves as a filter of privacy from the street in the form of a closed front garden and storage spaces.
The second above-ground floor (individual rooms) is strictly divided, with rooms in the corners, between which bathrooms are located, accessible from two adjacent rooms at all times. The central service space with entrances to individual rooms is illuminated by a skylight. The western “functional” facade on this floor connects the rooms oriented to the west, providing them with the necessary privacy from the street and allowing contact with the eastern light in its southern part.
The underground floor (additional part) is illuminated through the patio below ground level on the southern side of the house and includes a multipurpose studio space, a sauna, and the technical background of the house. It is independently accessible via an exterior staircase directly from the garden.
The load-bearing system of the building consists of a system of monolithic reinforced concrete structures. Two opposite external walls to the south and north support the second above-ground floor, whose ceilings and partitions create one continuous spatial beam. The bracing of the structure is ensured by the vertical staircase tube.