RING

On the outskirts of Kouřim, where the development is beginning to disappear into the landscape, stands a tower - concrete, austere, yet impressively calm. A working water main from 1930. Eight reinforced concrete pillars carry a flat-bottomed cylindrical tank at a height of 16 metres, equipped with a manhole in the middle. A functional object that even today performs its original role - it doesn't need the outside world. I didn't want to disrupt this role. On the contrary - I wanted to leave her alone. And create a new life around it. At the level below the reservoir, two large separate housing units were created, which circulate a body of water in a circular floor plan. The ring under the tank acts as a new residential belt: it surrounds the technical core but does not disturb it.