Challenging architecture with three buildings and a courtyard at the Golf & Ski Resort in Ostravice: maintenance properties transformed through wood design

Today's fast-paced world that depends heavily on economic interests usually leaves no room for the design of such buildings except by following the cheapest architectural, urban planning and material solutions. The issue for PAPOUSEK AND SILHAN Architects becomes a clear philosophy for the project that of the three houses and courtyard of the Golf & Ski Resort in Ostravice that a challenge to their design

The golf resort di Ostravice is known for its unique location which provides a view of the Beskydy Mountains-particularly their highest peak Lysá Hora, for the difficulty of the game, and, last but not least, for the quality of the golf course rendered thanks to a good maintenance facility. This condition was no longer guaranteed by the existing maintenance area, hosted by a former agricultural area. As the site for the new maintenance facility, the investor chose the remaining triangle-shaped land separated from the course by the Stříbrník creek. The site is also close to the area chosen for a future housing core

From considerations about the aesthetics of the buildings, their layout, and relationship to the environment, the architects arrive at defining the design goal in contributing to the development of the landscape using the scale and aesthetics that belong to it. Underlying the design is an effort to follow local craft traditions to create a series of buildings whose design would not become a thorn in the side for future residential development nor an eyesore for the neighborhood.  With its three-block layout, the resulting design is the definition of a courtyard. It represents the focal point of the entire site, hiding the day-to-day operations from the public. The farm scheme can be understood as the main source of inspiration, but the overall scheme goes further and also follows both the logic of the maintenance operation and the desire for effective use of the complexity of the form

The first building is a two-story wooden building with a pitched roof. It houses locker rooms, offices, storage rooms, and an equipment repair workshop. The second building is a simple one-story unheated steel frame with a wooden facade, designed to park machinery used for maintenance. The third building, which separates the area from the watercourse and field, is an accessory block consisting of concrete cubicles for storage and a shed for covered parking. The buildings are visually unified through the material used on the facades, made of larch panels with moldings overlapping the joints. The unification is further supported through repeating details such as windows and doors. The handcrafted detailing of the facades, applied on many historic buildings throughout the Beskydy Mountains region, enlivens these buildings and makes them stand out for their rhythmic and plastic character