{"id":202354,"date":"2022-11-01T15:32:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=202354"},"modified":"2022-11-01T17:51:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:51:01","slug":"mjolk-architekti-observation-deck-czechia","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/mjolk-architekti-observation-deck-czechia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mj\u00f6lk Architekti Cofounders Build a UFO-like Observation Deck in Czechia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Words: <\/span>Wilson Barlow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Mj\u00f6lk Architekti Cofounders Build a UFO-like Observation Deck in Czechia<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Some sites are more difficult to build on than others. But it\u2019s hard to imagine one trickier than the rocky summit of Mal\u00fd \u0160pi\u010d\u00e1k, a 2,200-foot-tall mountain peak in Czechia. Nevertheless, that\u2019s where Mj\u00f6lk Architekti<\/a> cofounders Jan Vondr\u00e1k and Jan Mach put their Lookout Spike, an observation deck overlooking the northern mountain town of Tanvald. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absent any flat ground to sit on, the 150-square-foot fiberglass platform hovers UFO\u2013like above the rocks on three thin stainless-steel legs, its aerodynamic shape a nod to the bobsled track that used to start here (and inspired the project\u2019s sporty photo shoot). Hikers can ascend a metal ladder through an aperture in the deck to view the surrounding Slavkovsk\u00fd Forest protected area and the valley below. \u201cOur goal was a structure that is small but distinctive,\u201d Vondr\u00e1k says. \u201cIt\u2019s like a delicate dewdrop that barely touches the rock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuilding in a landscape like this is a different architectural discipline,\u201d Mach adds, noting the way the backdrop is always changing with seasons and weather. \u201cThe only lasting context is the starry sky.\u201d The difficulty, of course, is in creating something that adds to the landscape rather than detracts from it. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mj\u00f6lk, which has completed four other lookouts throughout Czechia in the last decade, addressed this challenge by wrapping the bottom of the Lookout Spike in mirror foil, which abstracts its form when viewed from below. Trees, rocks, and people are reflected on the structure\u2019s underside so that, as is true of the vista from the deck above, you never get the same view twice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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