RENOVATION OF AN ART DÉCO VILLA IN ČERNOŠICE

The subject matter of this work is a renovation of an Art déco villa, addition of a garage and a terrace with a workshop, adjustment of the plots fence and a garden, terrace walls included. Our aim was to preserve and enhance all the authentic qualities of the house. Those preliminary consist of the buildings load-bearing structure, certain details, materials and finishes, a grand composition and a possibility of a close contact with a garden. The buildings architectural and artistic design was inspired by Mediterranean residential villas, based on the best examples of the European tradition of housing. The emphasis on firmness, representation, simplicity, beauty, generosity, detail, quality of details and materials, connection between the house and its garden. The villa makes use of basic materials – slate on the roof, wood, sandstone, terrazzo, hand-polished plasters and Italian brickwork. The interior is inlayed with walnut veneers, slate tiling, porphyritic stone steps etc.