The team at BYRÓ architekti creates the Garden Pavilion, which is a tranquil retreat that appears to be a simple garden shed at a glance. It is nestled on a garden plot in Prague and packed with a space-conscious layout inside. The home is developed with a front-facing facade which can be raised and open up the interior to outdoor environments seamlessly. It is constructed on what was once an old wooden cottage and it is resting beside other small cottages, which will be storage spaces for gardeners. It is designed to merge with the surrounding space.
BYRÓ architekti explains, "We thought about how to connect the building as closely as possible to the surrounding garden, and we ultimately came up with the idea of a folding panel that allows one side of the house to completely open. This way, the interior seamlessly transitions to the outdoors, with the garden penetrating the building, creating a kind of paraphrase of a garden loggia, which was our fundamental architectural inspiration. When open, the polycarbonate wall also functions as an outdoor roof, expanding the covered space where one can stay during rainy weather. The panel folding mechanism consists of steel cables, pulleys, and counterweights, making it easy for one person to open the entire facade."