Rusty House, Humpolec Residence, Residential Building, Czech Republic Architecture Images
Rusty House in Humpolec
Building Development in the Czech Republic ? design by OK PLAN ARCHITECTS
26 Oct 2017
Rusty House
Design: OK PLAN ARCHITECTS
Location: Humpolec, Czech Republic
Rusty House

Built in the small town of Humpolec in the Czech Republic in 2005, the now iconic Rusty House demonstrated the possibilities of working with a relatively small and tight parcel with numerous limitations.

The house was built with exposed materials in their raw state: polished concrete floors, an exposed galvanised steel structure forming the basic axis of the house, corrugated sheet metal covered with concrete for the ceiling and a concrete screed as the final wall finish.
The entire exterior of the house is clad with pre-rusted sheet metal (CorTen). The landscaping of the garden forms an integral part of the project, and therefore, after being originally shunned by the public, the house naturally blends into the neighbouring line of homes. Thanks to the mature trees planted around the house, it has become virtually invisible.

After living in the house for 12 years, the owner decided to renovate the interior and to ?soften? the original ?rawness? on the main floor of the living space. Additional layers were added to the interior for both aesthetic and functional reasons. The basic parameter that had to be improved was the acoustics of the interior.

All of the hard and reflective surface...