Yoga Garden & Art Gallery Brno

The architecture designed for this project is the result of a search for a natural yet abstract space, free of deceitful nostalgia (industrial fake) or false spirituality (exotic cliché).
The original building was a post-industrial structure within a historical surroundings.
Wherever the existing building obstructed us, we decimated and transformed it. Wherever it was in accordance with our visions, we incorporated it into the project.
The process was an open dialogue in which the new dares to be new, while the old dares to be old.
In a number of places the original constructions have been strengthened with new concrete and steel constructions, bringing a contemporary aesthetic to the building.
Two new atria have been incorporated into the design. The first one surprises visitors with its contrast between the confined space of the entrance corridor and the open garden full of light. The rear atrium is an autonomous microcosm. It becomes a background - an image which changes according to the season of the year.
Our aim was to create an expansive space full of light, and simultaneously full of subtle connections between the individual fragments of the interior. In a similar manner, we have attempted to interconnect the interior with the world around it. To feel the city of which we are a part.
We are convinced that architecture functions most strongly on a subconscious level. The subtle, almost abstract undermining of ´the given´ is our way of learning to live in a world of subconscious uncertainty. Such a delicate uncertainty can be found in the main hall, where following the demolition of the concrete pillar a wooden binding beam “levitates” in its incredible length, as if it wished to defy gravity.
An abstract space with subtle elements of uncertainty.