Ra?ovka House, Je?t?d Ridge Residence, Czech Republic Building, Czech Real Estate, Architecture Photos
Ra?ovka House on the Je?t?d Ridge
15 Sep 2022
Architects: atelier SAD
Location: Je?t?d Ridge, Czech Republic

Photos: Boys Play Nice
Ra?ovka House, Czech Republic
The family house at Ra?ovka is located on the southern slope of the Je?t?d ridge, at an altitude of 600 m above sea level, with a wonderful view of the scenery of the Bohemian Paradise.

The view and the integration of the interior spaces into the landscape was one of the main motifs driving the house design process. The landscape is open, passable, dominated by flowering, unfenced meadows. The floor plan of the rectangular house of approximately 22.5 x 7 m is oriented along the contour line. Along the northern side of the property, there is a road on top of an embankment to which the house had to be connected. A part of the building’s roof is therefore drive-on, intended for parking vehicles. The ground floor and the main area of the garden are then 4.5 m below road level. A greater part of the building is covered by a saddle roof with a variable pitch ranging from 43° to 30° on the eastern gable. The slender mass of the house cuts diagonally into the steep slope of the road, and the ridge seems to slope down into the garden.
The main entrance is on the west side. Access is through an outdoor staircase along a stone wall overgrown with creepers. The otherwise compact mass of the house is completely open...