© MAFRA PETR TOPIČOldrich Hozman Interwiew and presentation in Front Range Anthroposophical Café. November 4th 2023, 11 a.m. (U.S. Mountain Time).
Therapeutic features of organic architecture
The Book “Der Architekt Oldrich Hozman, Ein Lebensbild”. Autor Jörg Hermann Schröder.
Oldřich Hozman designs, creates and develops exceptional interiors, gardens and houses. This biography wants to give an insight into his life, his way of working, his versatile abilities and his consistent pursuit of the path he has taken: to create a livable and cultural environment for people from a human poin of view that understands the development of man as part of his environment.
Interview about designing at the Baubiology Congress in Rosenheim in 2018
Oldrich Hozman’s interview with Wohnung und Gesundheit magazine, editor Achim Pilz
12 Senses in Komensky and Steiner wisdom
Content of Oldrich Hozman´s introductory lecture on Hands On Conference in Pilsen, Czech Republik (11.10.2017): Cultivating Twelve Human Senses and Human Skills. The Legacy of Educational Visionary Jan Amos Komensky. 12 Senses in Rudolf Steiner’s Wisdom about being Human.
- Article in pdf format (lecture in writting form)
- Play here (YouTube)
Organic Architecture in the Spirit of Catalan Traditions
An article for the Můj dům (My house) magazine, issue 11/2015; article author: Vlastimil Růžička There aren’t many organic houses in our country, their number has been increasing rapidly, as a result of nature protection and energy savings. The building designed by the architect Oldřich Hozman is located in the fertile plain, between the villages of Torroella de Fluvia and Sant Miquel de Fluvia in Catalonia.
Organic Housing
Můj Dům (My House) magazine, July 2016. A text about the building designed by acad. arch. Oldřich Hozman, written by Vlastimil Růžička.
Stylistic elements include in particular rounded corners – not only the outer corners of the house, but the corners of plaster in the interior, between the wall and ceiling. The corners of the top architraves around the windows, inner lining of the windows or top corners of the door panelling in the interior are also rounded. These recurring forms unify the style in which people feel good. The architecture level of the house is increased by well-processed, high quality artistic details. E.g. sheet metal covering of roof edges or retaining wall is made very carefully. It has a fine profiling. Also the endings of the beam gridirons are finished in full detail.
Healthy Kindergarten Interior
Poradce ředitelky mateřské školy (Adviser to the Director of the Kindergarten) Magazine, July 2016; text by acad. arch. Oldřich Hozman.
Pedagogy and education include certain principles, by which we accompany a child. These include a sense of truth, experiencing the beauty, and experience of the good. By designing interiors, we can assist in their formation. Character of the shapes of classrooms and their detailed design affect the mental experience of a child. They influence forming of the child’s mental capacity, since they work on the moral and social level. Interaction of environment and education leads in adulthood to transformation of the mental strength from the childhood in overall development of health.
Ancestral School and Ancestral Village in Russia
Discussion from March 31, 2016 at the Kampa Theater; a story of a journey through ancestral villages and a visit to the Russian ancestral school of the academic Ščetinin in Russia. Discussion with Oldřich Hozman and Anna Tinclová hosted by Mario Večerek and Pavel Kraemer.
The House that Listens to the Voices of Nature
Article for the Eco Bývanie Eco Housing magazine, which is the yearbook of the MEDIA/ST publishing, issued in March 2016; author: Branislav Koscelník
At first glance, it will surprise by the liveliness of organic shapes, boldness of solutions, but also by its naturalness and harmony of its arrangement of both outer and inner space. The house in Catalonia, Spain by the river of Fluvia is an example of the fact that when the architect and the investor are tuned to the same wavelength, having not limiting their imagination, inspiring, impressive, and unconventional piece of work can be created. The propagator of the idea of organic architecture and harmony of living, the Czech architect Oldřich Hozman makes no secret of the fact that when working on the house, he was listening to higher forces and principles of geomancy and feng shui.