Renovation of common areas of an apartment building in Prague Vršovice

Prague Vršovice
Project: 2024
Realisation: 2025
Author: Marcela Steinbachová
Collaborator: Julia Smolińska, Ing. arch. Pavel Směták
Private investor

The apartment building in Vršovice, dating from the early 20th century, had original surfaces that were significantly damaged by use, and the corridors had been altered by renovations in the 1980s, when green was the dominant color. The aim of the new design was to restore the elegance and original details of the common areas and to unify the color scheme into more muted and simple colors. The original, significantly damaged ornamental tiles on the ground floor were professionally removed and used to replace cracked areas on the upper landings. The ground floor entrance hall was unified by a new floor made of cast black terrazzo with a decorative border. The non-original wall coatings on the staircases were replaced by muted colors with a light detail (strip), which highlights the ornamental floors on the landings. The metalwork elements of the railings were refurbished and given a dark graphite color, while the paint was removed from the handrails, leaving the wood surface exposed. The staircase at the entrance is dominated by a new brass ornament, a decorative pine cone.

 

 

 

Photographs: Tomáš Souček