Legend has it about a new form

This year marks fifty years since the first licensed "OKAL" 117 houses rolled off the production line of the Rýmařov plant for lightweight wood prefabrication. This type shaped public opinion on modern family houses in former Czechoslovakia for two decades, and in its innovated form, it is still offered by RD Rýmařov under the name SOLO 117.

However, the SOLO 117 type does not conclude the innovations of the famous "okál," as the Czech public has come to call it. "OKAL" 117 was once a phenomenon of the local construction market, and today it is considered a legend in the field. The Rýmařov company built it in more than 18,000 examples! This is certainly a challenge for the future as well!

On the occasion of this year's anniversary, RD Rýmařov intends to give this house a new form and keep it in its offerings. It announces a competition for the professional public, architects, designers, and students of architecture and construction faculties. The goal is to innovate this single-story house with a residential attic in line with current regulations, customs, and trends.

The proposal submitted for the competition must be exported to a *pdf file, and must include a dimensioned floor plan of the ground floor and the attic, as well as a section of the house. The external dimensions are given by the original layout, which is available on the RD Rýmařov website. Other evaluation materials include views from the four cardinal directions in 2D format. The competition documentation must also include a calculation of energy parameters with a proposal for the primary and supplementary energy source for heating and hot water supply, in line with the zero-energy house parameters according to current legislation. The constructions used are also available on the RD Rýmařov website.
The winning proposal will be awarded a prize of 80,000 CZK.

For more information about the competition, visit www.rdrymarov.cz