Post Office Sněžka / Hut Architektury Martin Rajnis

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  112
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2007
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AGC, Alkoplan
  • Lead Architects: Martin Rajniš, Patrik Hoffman, Jan Mach, Tom Plzenský, David Kubík, Josef Franc
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Text description provided by the architects. It’s hard to find a more difficult place for building a house than the peak of Mt. Sněžka. Wind speeds reach up to 250 km/h, winter temperatures hit record freezes, it is the most strictly protected zone of a national park.

Site Plan

How to build in such a locality without spending excess money, and create a house that would remain in the minds of the people who visit? This building is a cousin of the storage depots of Amundsen’s or Scott’s polar expeditions or the houses that you see in Greenland or the Spitzbergen Islands.

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It enters on tiptoes into the national park: it is of wood and glass, standing on delicate metal supports. In the harshest winters, it is completely closed off behind interior insulation slabs – shadowboxes – and exterior blinds, which protect it from flying bits of rock and ice.

Post Office Sněžka / Hut Architektury Martin Rajnis - Brick
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Its outdoor staircase reminds you that you are climbing to the highest point of the Czech lands. An environmentally friendly wooden building, respecting nature, humanity, and the majesty of the mountains.

Post Office Sněžka / Hut Architektury Martin Rajnis - Chair, Table, Shelving, Beam
© Andrea Thiel Lhotakova
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Address:Sněžka, Czech Republic

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Cite: "Post Office Sněžka / Hut Architektury Martin Rajnis" 19 Aug 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/877957/post-office-snezka-e-mrak> ISSN 0719-8884

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极寒之地的 Sněžka:世界最难建造的邮局 / e-MRAK

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