The project of new interiors for entrance areas of the Czech philharmonic in the great Rudolfinum building consists of three parts – two side lounges with a designshop and a listening lounge and an exhibition installation in the main foyer. We approached the task with respect to the original historical architecture and aimed to design the new use in a compact and contemporary way, but unintrusive and in relation to the existing space. For this we chose to use materials already present – partly polished brass with a mirroring effect and dark wooden veneer - and simple shaping derived from the spaces. The exhibition about the history of the building is conceived as two free-standing vertical objects that reflect their surroundings and creat a new spacial experience. Only at closer look the content appears on the two longer sides as if coming from the inside, supported by dimmable back lighting.

Exhibition – panels with brass surface and hidden wooden structure, display of layered reflective glass and plexi, dimmable LED lighting with hidden battery + complementing wooden benches
Designshop – central octogonal table in brass surface nad wooden inside, variable upper cover + variable wooden display walls in niches
Listening lounge – velvet seats with an integrated audio system for individual listenning + wooden seat with a book shelf and lamps for individual reading
Collaboration on exhibition concept and graphic solution: Miroko Maroko
Collaboration on LED lighting and audio-system: Michal Pustějovský
Photos: Tomáš Souček
The project followed after we won an invited exhibition in 2019 organized by Czechdesign.