Šumperák Family House
The "Šumperák" was a popular, standardized family house design in the era of socialist Czechoslovakia, known for its flat roof, the balcony was framed by slopes with round openings. It is a famous family house, designed in the mid-1960s by Czech architect Josef Vaněk.
Family house for Dr. Arno Všetečka on Kocourkova Street in Šumperk, the first Šumperk house, completed in 1967, in a period photograph. The second Šumperák was also built in Rapotín, and the third one was probably built in Šumperk by the doctor Arno Všetečka. It became a big attraction.
Šumperák (officially Rodinný dům typ V, which means Family house type V) is a nickname for a type of single-family detached house in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia). Its design was created in the mid-1960s. The first house, referring to the Brussels style of the Czechoslovak Expo 58, was designed by Josef Vaněk for the then director of the hospital in a Czech town Šumperk. Later, the design has spread around the country and around 20 thousands of them were built, often modified and self-built in the 1960s and 70s, particularly in towns and villages. However, according to Mr. Vaňek's plan, it was also built in Slovakia, Silesian Poland and on the border with East Germany and one stands in Luxembourg.
At that time, the entire project was sold for less than 900 CZK. In the early 1970s, the value of the building was 120,000 CZK. Šumperák is a one-story family house, where the living rooms are located on the first floor, the ground floor is used for the back of the house and there is also a garage. The front side of the optically protruding first floor is glazed and has a continuous narrow, rather ornamental, balcony. The balcony is finished on both sides with typical bevels, often with circular windows or moldings. The bevel motif usually also appears in the glazing of the garage doors, which are located on the front side on the left, the main entrance is on the right.
The people's dream of new Šumperk houses in Czechoslovakia.
Classic Šumperák house in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, northern Czechia.
One of the first, Šumperk, In the Vysočina region in Řečice near Humpolec, the owners did not interfere too much with the original - the stone cladding on the ground floor and the original strip of windows on the first floor remained, as did the circular elements and the typical garage door. Photo: Tomáš Pospěch
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Family house type V, so-called Šumperák (construction documentation).
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Ground floor & staircase railing plans. The planning documentation was so detailed and the construction of the house so simple that anyone interested could do it on their own. The masonry of solid bricks with stone cladding rested on a foundation of plain concrete and stone.
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Four photos of the geometric stair railings in Šumperák Houses. Designer Vaněk also guided the builders inside the building. His enthusiasm for the so-called Brussels style was reflected in the shaped staircase railing.
Šumperák House stairway: The staircase is made as a reinforced concrete precast.
Triangular garage door and front door with two sidelites (on both sides of the door) and transom (above the door). Both wood doors with custom stained glass.
V-type family house, standard plan.
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Family house type V, so-called Šumperák (views).
Design of an ideal fireplace by architect Josef Vaněk. House with address: Terezínská 3, Šumperk.
These are 3 photos of the staircases: Interior staircases lighting using luxfer windows, V-type family houses.
A house for 100,000 CZK that you build yourself.
Construction of Šumperák. A reinforced concrete slab above the ground floor supported the first floor, which was built of gas silicate blocks or honeycomb or classic bricks. The ceiling and roof structure was usually made of I-profiles. The list of recommended building materials that determined the final form of each šumperák included granite stone for cladding, 112 pieces of glass blocks, 5 square meters of opaxite for plinths, three circular windows with a diameter of 60 cm, or an atypical window with a length of 810 cm. While Josef Vaněk is credited with the original design, he was also involved in the construction process, working with a self-help building constructor.
House under construction in the late 1960s.
Men finished building a house: The first Šumperák in the world was completed in 1966 in Rapotín in Šumperk District, Olomouc Region, Czechia, and it still stands there today. Josef Vaněk personally supervised the construction of this house and helped build it with his own hands.
An ideal interior with a display window opening (partition wall) between the dining room and living room and built-in cabinets. Source: Litomyšl Architectural Manual
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V-type family house: Ideal interior – view from the dining room to the living room through an opening-window for glass and porcelain. The house captivated everyone with its modernity and relatively high standard of living.
Many so-called Šumperák people were born in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1968.
In the early 1970s, the construction of one's own house often took many years and involved all family members. This picture also shows Šumperák, this time in Kostice in the Břeclav region. By 1971, about two thousand family houses of type V had been built, which were no longer called anything other than “Šumperák”.
Josef Vaněk (1932-1999), designing the OSP buildings in Šumperk, 1960. Josef Vaněk, grew up in poor conditions in the Šumperák region. As a teenager, he went to Zlín, where he worked his way up from a bricklayer's apprentice to an independent designer of engineering and civil structures. He designed the Type V family house privately in 1965.
Šumperák began to be built on a large scale. Vaněk sold house plans for 900 CZK ($60.00 CAD), and around 5 thousand units were sold this way. However, there were significantly more Šumperák built, as people copied the plans among themselves. It is estimated that there are around 20 thousand houses of this type throughout the Czechoslovakia. The charm of the Šumperák lay primarily in its simplicity. Vaněk stated that the construction was so easy that one bricklayer with two helpers could build it, and in just two months. Many people began to build Šumperák on their own, so they could afford to live in a house for around one hundred thousand crowns ($6,600 CAD), which is about 1,200,000 CZK today. ($80,000 CAD).
While in the 1970s the value of this house was around 120 thousand CZK ($8,000 CAD), today it has increased significantly. Of course, it depends on the location, but today we would buy the original Šumperák for around 4-7 million ($270,000 to $460,000 CAD), a renovated one for 8-12 million ($527,000 to $791,000 CAD), and in very desirable locations this house is even sold for 15 million crowns ($989,000 CAD). It is a clear example that the classics never get old and there is still interest in them.
What the inside of a house looks like?
Ground floor and first floor plans, V-type family house. Šumperák is the brainchild of architect Josef Vaňek.
Contemporary articles described the project as a “high culture of living”. The main entrance is on the ground floor, where the utility area is designed, that is, the garage, which also serves as a home workshop, then a laundry room, a boiler room with a drying room, a fruit and potato cellar, a lee, a staircase, and a covered terrace in front of the entrance to the house. There is a built-in wardrobe in the lee. On the first floor there is a private apartment unit, which consists of a hallway, separate toilet, bathroom, kitchenette with pantry, dining room, living room, bedroom, children's room and a narrow balcony with typical round windows. There is also a built-in wardrobe in the hallway. Typical interior features include dividing partitions in the wooden panelling in the living room and a geometric staircase railing. There is no basement, it only has a cellar about half a meter deep under the stairs.
Entryway, V-type family house.
Laundry room and Boiler room, V-type family house. Strange fact: In Czechia and Slovakia, they have Christmas carp that live in the bathtub for a few days before they are eaten.
A garage, V-type family house.
Hallway: photo shows, left to right, Dining room, Bathroom, Separate toilet, Children's bedroom, Stairs.
Hallway: photo shows, left to right, Children's bedroom, Stairs, Wardrobe, Bedroom, Dining room. Nice floor tiles!
Bathroom: Boiler water heater on wall. Nice vintage geometric tiles!
Dining Room with kitchenette.
Kitchenette: Vintage "Metal kitchen cabinets unit" - width 180cm, pink-white or blue-white color from the mid-1960s to 1980s, Made in Czechoslovakia. See photos: click here, here, here and here!
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The dining room and living room are separated by a typical display cabinet. Nice Herringbone wooden parquet flooring!
The dining room and living room are separated by a typical display cabinet.
Living room: It looks bigger and nice.
Bedroom: Bed with Wardrobe. A bedroom and living room connected by a long window.
Children's room with 2 beds.
V-type family house - Balcony with geometric metal railing.
More Photos of Šumperák houses
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Šumperák house, somewhere in Czechia. Photo: Tomáš Pospěch
The house also earned the nickname 'television' because its shape resembled a Lotos television set. They built this house in Podivín, south Moravia, Czechia. Photo: Tomáš Pospěch
In the Olomouc region, in the village of Střítež nad Ludinou, the owners let the facade grow with a climbing plant. The house acquired the atmosphere of a villa from the First Republic. Photo: Tomáš Pospěch
František Štěpáník's house on Terezínská Street in Šumperk, one of the first Šumperk residents.
Šumperák house, somewhere in Czechia. Photo: Tomáš Pospěch
Šumperák house, somewhere in Czechia. Šumperák has many different forms, depending on how individual owners modified the project, which they either bought directly from Mr. Vaňek or copied from someone else.
Reconstruction...this is the original building. However, the slant there was the opposite from the beginning.
Family houses - Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Czechia.
Family houses - Dvur Kralove nad Labem.
Šumperák houses in Letohrad, Czechia.
Three Šumperák Houses in Letohrad, Czechia.
The side-entry garage: Šumperák houses.
Šumperák, the town of Štíty, Czechia.
Over time, thousands of builders identified with the Šumperák, building it themselves, modifying it in various ways, and in the following decades, adapting it to their own taste. Photo: Tomáš Pospěch
Beautiful Šumperák house, somewhere in Czechia. Photo: Tomáš Pospěch
Source: Facebook Šumperák.
Saved a partition wall with a new kitchen without a pantry in the V-type family house.
SOLD! 3,250,000 CZK (€133,000) Šumperák Family house in Vítkov, Czechia. See Video.
A house is for sale in Dvůr Králové nad Labem for 5,350,000 CZK (€218,900), you can find the Real Estate HERE. This house was built in 1968.
You can find Šumperák mainly in smaller towns.
Šumperák houses in Dovalovo, Zilina Region, Slovakia.
Many Šumperák houses in Dovalovo with Tatras Mountains, Slovakia. See Google Street View.
These are 15 Šumperák houses in Dovalovo, northern Slovakia.
Šumperák in Rovečné, Czechia.
Even streets and entire neighborhoods were built from šumperák. These still stand in a relatively unchanged form in the Central Bohemian village of Mělnické Vtelno, Vysoká Libeň.
Šumperák house: Grass driveway with large garden in Hořice, Czechia.
Šumperák is also decorated with a giant model of the railway from Všechovice.
Šumperák bird feeders.
Almost similar to Šumperák. This is called "The second Hodgkins and Skubic House", built in 1967, is still standing in Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. The entire upper floor and the balcony seem to be pushed forward. It was designed by architect Richard B. Taylor.
More information about Šumperák house and others.
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