Olšanská Housing
Studio Kuzemenský & Peterka
Cemetery and cemetery wall. Church of St. Roch—this time without the wall. Žižkov TV Tower. Vinohrady block. Tiles, front gardens, and white wooden windows. Žižkov and its walkways. Development projects and Hotel Olšanka. Telecommunications tower and demolition of buildings. On Olšanská, where no alders have grown for a long time, I propose flexible walkway houses—536 modules and 270 apartments. Living in the bustle of the boulevard and the peace of the cemetery.
Walkway houses forming an L-shape, creating an open block structure. The central theme is the courtyard—more of a quasi-courtyard, as it remains open at the corners. The street-facing building maintains a height of seven floors, rising to nine at the corner. Toward the cemetery, the height decreases to five floors. Along Olšanská Street, three facades and two dominant features maintain the urban line. Elsewhere, the building recedes, forming recesses in the street profile—spaces for people to stop and engage with the city boulevard. The goal is to transform Olšanská Street from a mere transit corridor into a vibrant urban space.
The project is designed as a reinforced concrete skeleton—a dolmen. Recycled concrete. A permanent stone whose softness lies in the modular flexibility: 3.6, 7.2, 3.6. Fire-separating walls are built from brick blocks. Other partitions are made of prefabricated wooden profiles. Construction details allow for material reuse during future modifications. The facade is clad in 200 × 100 mm sand-white tiles.
The modular system enables gradual apartment expansion—from a one-room unit (1kk) to a four-room unit (4kk/+1), up to cluster housing with eight rooms. This is a house that adapts not only to market shifts but also to changes in family composition.
The courtyards form a landscape of excavated soil, separating semi-public and private spaces. The existing children's group is preserved and expanded. Gender equality. The rooftops feature leisure terraces, garden plots, greenhouses, solar panels, and beehives.
Walkway houses forming an L-shape, creating an open block structure. The central theme is the courtyard—more of a quasi-courtyard, as it remains open at the corners. The street-facing building maintains a height of seven floors, rising to nine at the corner. Toward the cemetery, the height decreases to five floors. Along Olšanská Street, three facades and two dominant features maintain the urban line. Elsewhere, the building recedes, forming recesses in the street profile—spaces for people to stop and engage with the city boulevard. The goal is to transform Olšanská Street from a mere transit corridor into a vibrant urban space.
The project is designed as a reinforced concrete skeleton—a dolmen. Recycled concrete. A permanent stone whose softness lies in the modular flexibility: 3.6, 7.2, 3.6. Fire-separating walls are built from brick blocks. Other partitions are made of prefabricated wooden profiles. Construction details allow for material reuse during future modifications. The facade is clad in 200 × 100 mm sand-white tiles.
The modular system enables gradual apartment expansion—from a one-room unit (1kk) to a four-room unit (4kk/+1), up to cluster housing with eight rooms. This is a house that adapts not only to market shifts but also to changes in family composition.
The courtyards form a landscape of excavated soil, separating semi-public and private spaces. The existing children's group is preserved and expanded. Gender equality. The rooftops feature leisure terraces, garden plots, greenhouses, solar panels, and beehives.
