The history of Benice dates back to the fourteenth century. Its owner was, for example, Albrecht from Valdštejn, but it was rebuilt into the present form of a farmhouse with an equilateral triangle plan at the request of František Václav from Vrtba. The triangle was the symbol of the patroness of the Vrtba family - Saint Anne.

The picturesqueness and beauty of the surrounding landscape is hard to describe - it's better to see it with your own eyes. Today, the farm offers a lot of different activities – weddings, conferences, camps, horse riding, a restaurant...

It was the main hall in the former Špejchar (grain warehouse) that was intended for reconstruction to meet today's requirements. It has undergone several rather less sensitive modifications over the years. The investor's request was to create a pleasant multi-functional space.

The first step for us was to clear the space. Various constructions were built into the hall, which complicated its use. We removed them and got an empty space.
We placed a central staircase in the space, the tube which also supports the gallery. The circular staircase separates the area of the bar under the gallery and the space to the roof of the open hall. This is also the only layout change in the warehouse. The steel structure, very delicate and precise, contrasts with the surrounding white-plastered bumpy stone walls. We clearly show new elements in the space and take care of the original, valuable ones.

The more challenging part of the project was finding appropriate technical solutions that would work in a hundreds-year-old house with walls more than a meter thick. The basis for us was the use of quality materials, which complement the original ones well and equal them in terms of quality and timelessness. A new ventilated floor was designed with a final layer of coloured cemflow. The insulation of the roof and the new underlayment had to work well acoustically at the same time. It is made of slats.
An important element in the space is lighting, which can create totally different atmospheres in the hall. It is made up of a combination of suspended ambient lights, reflectors and line lights.