{"id":253136,"date":"2025-04-16T17:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=253136"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:04:36","slug":"jan-zaloudek-home-design-czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/jan-zaloudek-home-design-czech-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"This Home Serves As A Peaceful Sanctuary In The Czech Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Capped by a ceramic-tiled gabled roof, the home\u2019s shutters of whitewashed Czech fir and spruce fold open to connect the interior with adjacent larch terraces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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April 16, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Joann Plockova<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>BoysPlayNice<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This Home Serves As A Peaceful Sanctuary In The Czech Republic<\/h1>\n\n\n

Looking for a home to renovate outside of Prague, architect Jan \u017daloudek<\/a> and his wife, Jolanta Trojak, an art historian and writer, stumbled upon an exceptional plot of land where they could build one instead. The culturally protected parcel, located in Kamenn\u00e1 Lhota, Czech Republic, a tiny village about an hour\u2019s drive southeast of the city, was once the garden of the neighboring baroque ch\u00e2teau, where famed violinist Oskar Nedbal composed his operetta Polska Krev<\/em> in 1913. They immediately fell in love with the site. \u201cWe were captivated by the centuries-old trees, the crumbling stone border wall, the countryside views, and the favorable orientation,\u201d \u017daloudek recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In dreaming up the creative couple\u2019s longed-for refuge, \u017daloudek abided by his philosophy that a home should be a temple for living. Accordingly, the structure, nicknamed Oskar House, was inspired by chapels. \u201cMy goal,\u201d he explains, \u201cwas to create a space with a sacred atmosphere that could vary according to the mood of the moment\u2014a space in which it\u2019s possible to gaze into the landscape one minute, and, in the next, cocoon yourself in a closed, meditative environment animated by light and shadow play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan \u017daloudek Dreams Up A Meditative Home In Czech Republic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For the chapel-like, new-built home of the firm founder and his wife, all four stucco-clad sides, including the southern facade, have perforations to admit light and ventilation while upholding privacy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A vaulted recess in the north-facing entry facade echoes the curved forms of baroque structures in the area. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Capped by a ceramic-tiled gabled roof, the home\u2019s shutters of whitewashed Czech fir and spruce fold open to connect the interior with adjacent larch terraces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The compact 1,660-square-foot two-bedroom is defined by its gabled form, drawn from the local vernacular, and its perforated facades. Circular and quatrefoil-shape punctures in the masonry structure and the ground-floor sun shutters invite ventilation and cast what \u017daloudek describes as \u201clacelike shadows\u201d on the concrete floors. Folding open the spruce-and-fir shutters, which line all four sides of the house, allows the interiors to switch between an open and closed posture; aluminum-framed glass sliders forge further connection to the elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decor reflects the duo\u2019s shared interest in fine art and a contemplative approach to living, with furniture and artwork thoughtfully curated to create spaces that feel at once ecclesiastical and gallerylike. The heart of the home is the double-height open-plan living\/dining area, its gable marked by a 6\u2009\u00bd-foot-wide circular window. Here, contemporary furnishings pair with vintage objects, such as a Gabonese ceremonial mask and a 19th-century carved-wood Madonna. Echoing an altar, a vaulted niche backdrops the kitchen, with an island clad in Shivakashi granite from India. And in the main bedroom suite, also on the ground floor, an ash bed and black-granite nightstands by \u017daloudek complement a 19th-century Japanese folding screen and a large-scale contemporary canvas by Czech painter Antonie Stanov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the dining area, with views of the garden\u2019s centuries-old trees, a mismatched assort\u00adment of chairs surround the table, all in oak and by Norr11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u017daloudek conceived the second level as its own self-contained guest apartment. It\u2019s an inward-facing contrast to the open lower level, a skylit retreat where sculptures by Vanda Hv\u00edzdalov\u00e1 rest on travertine pedestals. A staircase leads up from the sleeping area to a mezzanine study. \u201cEach part of the house has a different purpose and atmosphere,\u201d \u017daloudek explains. \u201cWhen you\u2019re craving privacy, you can shut yourself away with a book in the study. Or, if you want to connect with the world, you open the downstairs shutters, and you\u2019ll hardly know where the house ends and the landscape begins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walk Through This Charming Home By Jan \u017daloudek In The Countryside<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Lanterns made from Japanese washi paper illuminate the living area, where a tapestry woven from undyed sheep\u2019s wool hangs over Doshi Levein\u2019s modular Quilton sofa. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The mezzanine study is furnished with a Chain table by Jan \u017daloudek and a custom daybed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The ceramic-tiled guest bathroom\u2019s oak vanity sports a travertine sink.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Furnishing the ground-floor main bedroom is a custom ash Sphere bed and granite nightstands by \u017daloudek, a concrete tea table by Michal Janiga, and an Antonie Stanova painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u017daloudek also de\u00adsigned the bed in the upstairs guest room, where travertine pillars host sculptures in alabaster and Portuguese stone by Vanda Hv\u00edzdalov\u00e1. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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une Kr\u00f8jgaard and Knut Bendik Humlevik\u2019s NY11 stools distinguish the kitchen, where an altarlike niche frames an island clad in Shivakashi granite. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

PROJECT SOURCES FROM FRONT NORR11:<\/strong> TABLE, CHAIRS (DINING AREA), LARGE COCKTAIL TABLE (LIVING AREA), CHAIR (STUDY), STOOLS (KITCHEN). HAY:<\/strong> SOFA (LIVING AREA). CAPPELEN DIMYR:<\/strong> TAPESTRY. SYNEST\u00c9:<\/strong> SMALL COCKTAIL TABLE. MICHAL JANIGA:<\/strong> STOOL (LIVING AREA), TEA TABLE (MAIN BEDROOM). FERM LIVING:<\/strong> PENDANT FIXTURES (LIVING AREA), MIRROR (BATHROOM). BEGA:<\/strong> PENDANT FIX\u00adTURES (KITCHEN, BATHROOM). TALKA DECOR:<\/strong> MARBLE PILLAR (GUEST BED\u00adROOM), SINK (BATHROOM). MARSET:<\/strong> SCONCES (MAIN BEDROOM). THROUGHOUT JOLANTA TROJAK:<\/strong> ART CONSULTANT. ATELIER ROUGE:<\/strong> LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. PROJEKTY S+S:<\/strong> CONSTRUCTION.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n