Czech studio RDTH Architekti has transformed an old mill and farm in Slovakia into a family home, introducing a series of timber structures that reference its former sheds and chicken coops.
Aptly named New House with Old Mill, the home sits alongside a small stream in Tren?ín on a site occupied by the former mill and several agricultural structures.
While RDTH Architekti has restored and extended the masonry mill, many of the farm buildings could not be retained and have been replaced with cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures that draw on their former appearances.
RDTH Architekti has transformed an old mill and farm in Slovakia
"We created a concept with certain a volumetric and material nostalgia of the given site and original building," RDTH co-founder René Dlesk told Dezeen. "We wanted to somehow transform it with a more contemporary, formal vocabulary, yet still understandable by those that are more familiar with the old language."
Organised in a V-shape, the plan of the home creates a central garden, flanked by the old mill to the south and a new timber structure housing living spaces to the north.
It sits alongside a small stream in Tren?ín
The mill has been converted into an area for large gatherings, with its existing masonry structure restored and exposed. New additions, such as a CLT roof and stair, are left exposed to provide a contemporary contrast.
"In the original mill, it was about preserving the character of the original,"...