Extension of the gymnasium located in the area of the former Capuchin monasteryextends spaces of the school with required specialized classrooms, teacher’soffices and labs. The proposed archetypal shapeintegrates the basic proportion features of the historical buildings of the monastery, but at the same time it consistently works with temporary expression means, setting the building into timeline.
Architecture: The Extension of the gymnasium is an architectural intervention into the existing school complex, which is located in the former Capuchin monastery in Třebíč- Jejkov. The new building replaced the one-storey temporary building from the totalitarian era. On the south side, the extension follows the direction of neighbouring monastery buildings; on the north side, it creates an inner courtyard for relaxation of students in a connectionto the outdoor classroom.Two-part layout scheme opens on ground floor through a glazed recess hall into the courtyard, on the first floor the corridor is oriented to the opened terrace. Classrooms, laboratories and teacher’s offices are organized according to the specificrequirements of the school. Architecture is articulated as a basic follow-up archetypal shape, which integrates the basic proportion features of the historical buildings of the monastery, but at the same time it consistentlyworks with temporary expression means, setting the building into timeline. The timedifferencewith regard tothe historical part of the school is emphasizedby the glazed gap with integrated transparent construction of the elevator.
Construction and technologies: Construction uses the combined system of load bearing walls made of ceramic blocks, reinforced concrete columns and ceilings. The selection of the used materials is based on the conceptual two dimensionalproportion of proposal: they dispose the temporary character, and at the same time they integrate potential of dialogue with the place.In exterior there is used: light limestone plaster on the corpus of the house, cembritboards on the roof, scrubbed terrazzo on plinth, aluminium windows and grey polished steel on locksmith elements. Stone walls, levelling the terrain differences, are made of layered gneiss. In interior there is used light edged terrazzo in the hallways and oak parquet floors in the classrooms and teacher‘s offices. The doors, theview-throughsinto classrooms and built-in furniture are made of maple wood.
Material Used :
1. Lime plaster | corpus of the building
2. Cembrit covering | roof
3. Scrubbed terrazzo | plinth of the building
4. Rosicka gneiss | stone walls
5. Edged terrazzo | flooring in the corridors
6. Oak parquet floors | floors in the classrooms and teacher‘s offices
7. Maple glued wood | doors and the view-through into the classrooms
8. Grey polished steel | locksmith elements
Products and brands
1. Roof light well | fy Schuco | ridge of the roof
2. Windows | fy Schuco | facade
3. Ceramics tiling | fy Rako | sanitary facilities
4. Terrazzo plates | fy Burget terrazzo products | window sills
5. Locksmith products | Atypical, fy Nejez,fy Komarovová locksmithery | railing
6. Joinery(cabinetwork) | Atypical, fy Brtník joinery (cabinetwork)| doors, view-through into classrooms
7. Elevator | fy Kone | collet of the building
8. Integrated blackboards | fy AV Média | classrooms
9. Furniture | Atypical, fy Nuvia | classrooms, laboratories, teacher‘s offices
