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Entwurf • Design Mjölk architekti, CZ-Liberec
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan
Grundriss 1. Obergeschoss • First floor plan
Grundriss Dachgeschoss • Attic floor plan
Bauherr • Client Kloboucká lesní, CZ-Brumov-Bylnice
Standort • Location Vlárská 321, CZ-Brumov-Bylnice
Nutzfläche • Floor space 2610 m 2
Fotos • Photos BoysPlayNice, CZ-Prag
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 150
KLOBOUCKÁ LESNÍ
IN BRUMOV-BYLNICE
As a result of climatic conditions and the Russian war of
aggression, the timber industry is currently undergoing
major changes. These are expressed in the worrying
increase in forest fires, forest dieback in general, as
well as the considerable fluctuations in the price of
wood. Mjölk architekti from Liberec prove that wood
is nevertheless definitely a material with a future.
J an March and Jan Vondrák met while they were both studying archi-
tecture at the technical university of Liberec. After they had graduated
in 2008, they founded their own office in Liberec. And unlike many
of their former fellow students who moved to established architecture
firms located abroad, the two decided to keep their location and put
all their effort in pushing for improvements right in their own country.
Recently, not far from the Slovakian border, the new headquarters of a
sawmill was completed and impressively demonstrates the well-earned
success of their endeavour. Here, Mjölk architekti have designed an
elongated, three-storey office building whose modular construction can
be expanded according to need and whose interior is freely designable
and adaptable as well. 32 structural elements resembling a valley beam
truss evoke associations with hall construction and are – for all the
rationality of their execution – aesthetic enough not to be understood as
purely functional objects. They structure the building rhythmically and
their roof overhang, with the storey ceiling projecting to eaves height,
defines two terraces with colonnade character beneath them. Instead
of columns, these are flanked by the façade on the ground floor and
a rainwater storage tank that is running parallel to each (which helps
to improve the microclimate). The roof is fully glazed to the north and
has a photovoltaic system to the south that produces enough electricity
to cover the building’s own needs. Inside, the polished cement screed,
the exposed-concrete staircase and the red or black painted technology
stand out in contrast. The choice of the remaining, dominating material
seems self-evident in the case of the sawmill and in view of the holi-
stically and sustainably conceived design: wood, of course! Especially
since the origins of the term sustainability lie in forestry. “Only cut as
much wood as the forest can handle!” The company consistently fol-
lows this tenet, written by the “father of sustainability” Hans Carl von
Carlowitz at the beginning of the 18th century. With larch-, spruce- and
pine wood from the surrounding forests and manufacture in the pro-
duction hall 100 metres away, the transport route was also eliminated.
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