The assignment of the investor, the shape of the parcel, and the location in Havlí?k?v Brod was both an inspiration and an impulse to create an organic form for a new type of a family house. The project was from the start called ?The heart? because the floor plan strongly evokes such shape.

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Architects: Daniela Polub?dovová

Location: Havlí?k?v Brod, Czech Republic

Architect In Charge: Daniela Polub?dovová

Area: 241.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Filip ?lapal

Engineering: Ji?í Václav?, Petr Jan?ík, Milan Bulva

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Text description provided by the architects. The assignment of the investor, the shape of the parcel, and the location in Havlí?k?v Brod was both an inspiration and an impulse to create an organic form for a new type of a family house. The project was from the start called ?The heart? because the floor plan strongly evokes such shape.
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The sloping terrain of the parcel with its gradual descent creates a difference in height which in relation to the street level is about the height of one standard floor. This newly created space was used as a garage (with direct access from the property) and is used to house all of the necessary amenities like the boiler, storage and a utility room.The main living area of the house is set on the highest part of the property (with relation to the sloping street level)....