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Entwurf • Design Chybik + Kristof, CZ-Brünn
Bauherr • Client Koma Modular, CZ-Wisowitz
Standort • Location CZ-Wisowitz
Nutzfläche • Floor space 170 m 2
Fotos • Photos Jesús Granada, ES-Baeza
Foto: KIVA
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MODULAR RESEARCH

CENTER IN VIZOVICE

Modular construction – prefabricated elements inevita-
bly remind of serially stacked and strung in an orthogo-
nal grid. The potential, however, is much greater than
this, as the Modular Research Center for Koma Modular
in Czechia clearly shows. The office pavilion planned by
Chybik + Kristof is the best reference for the company –
surprisingly individually conceived and designed.

I n the past year, Koma Modular has been able to celebrate the 30-year
company anniversary. The company which is located in Vizovice in
Czechia meanwhile produces entirely digitally prefabricated modular
constructions for a wide variety of uses. In the anniversary year, the Mo-
dular Research Center was completed on the company premises. The
think tank is an example of the possibilities that are yet to be discovered:
Grundriss • Floor plan with it, Chybik + Kristof are pushing the boundaries of the traditional
standards of modular construction. The one-storey building measuring
170 square metres is part of a master plan that the architects from Brno
Grundriss • Floor plan have developed for the entrance area of the company location. The de-
sign includes three components which form a semi-public square. In
2014, the modular cafeteria has been built; in 2018, the Czechia pavilion
originally designed by Chybik + Kristof for EXPO 2015 was reanimated.
The Modular Research Center is the last components that was still mis-
sing. Ondrej Chybik and Michal Kristof here handled the theme of mo-
Querschnitt • Cross Section dular construction in a completely different way from the otherwise
usual additive design. The research pavilion is based on a free form. On
six explicitly not rectangular but trapezoid and freely formed elements,
a modelled roofscape rests with two skylight funnels. Ceiling-high glass
façades between the modules ensure a light-flooded, flexible working at-
mosphere. The modules themselves serve as secondary rooms – as toi-
lets, a cloakroom, a storage-, a utility-, a multimedia- and a sample
room. Since Koma Modular produces and installs (perforated) alumi-
nium panels on a daily basis, it was only logical that this material also
exemplarily characterizes the design and also determines its atmo-
sphere. A contrast to this cool aesthetics is created by softly falling, white
curtains that filter the daylight. The working climate makes a very indi-
vidual and far from standardized impression. The advantages of the mo-
dular construction are evident – prefabricated elements that have high
price certainty, are flexible and resource-saving as well as dismountable
and expendable. The potential is there. As Chybik + Kristof show, ideas
Axonometrie • Axonometry for autonomous, distinctive designs are therefore required now!

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