Historic reconstruction with RAKO catalogue assortment which is much more available and economically affordable

1. Reconstruction of historic ceramic tiles
Tomáš Heřman
• RAKO brand‘s heritage
• Puristic reconstruction
• Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
• Puristic vs economic reconstruction

2. Milestones
Czech ceramic industry cornerstone was founded at 19. century
Czech producers merger into family company LASSELSBERGER
under RAKO brand facilitates to continue in long tradition
Brand’s heritage

3. RAKO ceramic traces:
Café Imperial, Municipal House
Prague
Villa Tugendhat, Brno
Villa Stiassni, Brno
VFN salon, Prague
Amalienbad, Vienna
Brummel House, Pilsen
Holland tunnel, New York
Brand’s heritage

4. Villa Stiassni Brno 1929, Ernst Wiesner 1890-1971
Puristic reconstruction

5. Preserved photo documentation of original bathroom
High glossy and rectified wall tiles 15x15cm gave characteristic
look of then bathrooms
Puristic reconstruction

6. Rectified wall tiles
149x149x7 were
produced by few
fragments around the
windows - exact copy
of lead glaze in creamy
shades
Puristic reconstruction

7. Special production of cove
skirting
Copy of sanitary and forniture
with historic fidelity
Flat laying with 1mm joints
Puristic reconstruction

8. Swimming pool
Swimming pool wall tiles RAKO
Color Two 10x10cm custom
production by origin colour of
tiles fragments
Handmade rectified round
edges of walltiles on the corner
and then glazing
Puristic reconstruction

9. Exterior after reconstruction
Puristic reconstruction

10. VFN salon Prague 1916, Stanislav Sucharda 1886-1916
Puristic reconstruction

11. VFN reconstruction 2011-2013
Sculptor and restorer
Vojtěch Pařík
Significant czech restorer, previous
cooperation on The Cross Way Hostýn
mosaic renewal
Reconstruction of nearly forgotten salon
interior of VFN Prague
Puristic reconstruction

12. Mosaic replica with crystalline glaze
Very different colours of exppresive glaze with high variety of shades
Puristic reconstruction

13. Reconstruction of floor tiles with multicoloured body
Puristic reconstruction

14. Salon with ceramic fountain by architect Jan Kotěra
Puristic reconstruction

15. Brummel House Pilsen 1929, Adolf Loos 1870-1933
Puristic reconstruction

16. Creamy rectified wall tiles 15x15cm
(second firing) layed with 1mm
joints
Original production: Západočeské
továrny kaolinové a šamotové
Horní Bříza, now RAKO
Listela replica – very simple black
and white geometric patterns
Puristic reconstruction

17. Renewed interior with original inventory
Puristic reconstruction

18. Löw-Beer villa Brno 1930, Rudolf Baumfeld 1903-1988
Puristic reconstruction

19. Historic style of Löw-Beer villa by RAKO 1930
Puristic reconstruction

20. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Castle – historic facade reconstruction proposal

21. Project proposal
replaces demaged
facade ceramic materials
for standard frost
resistant wall tiles
RAKO Unistone set with
waterjet technology
create rustical
ornaments which gave
new but still rustical
look to the castle
Reconstruction with catalogue assortment

22. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Functionalist villa
Domažlice, thirties

23. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Floor proposal

24. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Traditional meandr lining the hall
by RAKO Random set with natural
scale of colours
Rectified floor tiles facilitates exact
modular laying with the same
joint width
Simple and believable design of
stone tunes with marble fireplace

25. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment

26. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment

27. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Burgher House Prague Vinohrady – corridor proposal

28. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Old demaged pavement
reconstruction – replacing for
affordable ceramics RAKO Unistone
set – classic black and white
combination is timeless

29. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Tyrš House Prague, Sokol swimming pool

30. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Wide scale of colours of RAKO Color One, Color Two and Pool is
very close to original swimming pool look
Traditional Sokol logo was made by waterjet technology

31. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
Café Savoy Prague
Unglazed RAKO Taurus
Color set – the highest
mechanical and
chemical resistance of
sintered floor tiles
connected with chess
pattern laid sidelong
RAKO Color One wall
tiles create Art Nouveau
interior athmosphere

32. Reconstruction with catalogue assortment
RAKO Deco set offers
patterns of old pavements
from RAKO historic archives

33. Puristic vs economic reconstruction
• Exact replica demands the time and development cost
• Replica prices are multiple higher than standard
production
• Historic reconstruction with catalogue assortment is
much more available and economically affordable
• Because of new technology are catalogue products very
close to historic spirit of buldings
• Their usage decreases the risk of irreversibble demage
of historic heritage

34. It’s a honour to be with you since 1883.