BLUERIOT

Architect CISARSTUDIO

Photographer ALEX SHOOTS BUILDINGS

Text Ing. arch. Tomáš Císař

The Blueriot project is a solution for the conversion of office space in a post-modern building from the 1990s. The original interior was cluttered with plasterboard, coffered ceilings and partition walls. Despite being the top floor of an administrative building with views of the city skyline and countryside, the original space solution suffered greatly from the lack of natural daylight.

The aim of the renovation was to clean, lighten, ventilate and improve the interior. The imaginary “architectural archaeology” removed the layers of postmodern aesthetics and exposed the true geometry of the space - the imposing vaulted ceiling and the originally hidden, unused rooms.

The result is a scenographically conceived solution that is in dialog with the dominant feature of the space - a concrete ribbed vault. A striking light and acoustic object floats beneath this “inverted ship's floor”, inspired by two floating exhibits - Kašpar's Blériot in the Transport Hall of the National Museum of the Czech Republic and the skeleton of a minke whale, which also hangs in the National Museum.