PLATO Contemporary Art Gallery
Spolupráce:Agnieszka Wolny-Grabowska, Krzysztof Kobiela, Adrianna Wycisło, Mateusz Białek, Jakub Bilan, Wojciech Fudala, Katarzyna Kuzior, Damian Kuna, Jakub Pielecha, Magdalena Orzeł – Rurańska, Elżbieta Siwiec, Anna Szewczyk, Kinga Wojtanowska
Address:
Porážková 26,
Ostrava,
Czech Republic
Investor:Statutární město Ostrava
Contest:2017
Project:2017-19
Completion:2020-22
Area:2841 m2
Built Up Area:2154 m2
Site Area:11417 m2
Built Up Space:18700 m3
Price:230 000 000 CZK
Authors' collaboration: Tadeáš Goryczka, Marek Golab-Sieling
Collaboration: Agnieszka Wolny-Grabowska, Krzysztof Kobiela, Adrianna Wycisło, Mateusz Białek, Jakub Bilan, Wojciech Fudala, Katarzyna Kuzior, Damian Kuna, Jakub Pielecha, Magdalena Orzeł – Rurańska, Elżbieta Siwiec, Anna Szewczyk, Kinga Wojtanowska
Interior design: Robert Konieczny KWK Promes; TUKEJ Justyna Kucharczyk, Agnieszka Nawrocka; Yvette Vašourková CCEA MOBA
Garden landscaping: Denisa Tomášková
Design solution: MS-projekce s.r.o.
Project planners: Jaroslav Habrnal, Petr Hanko, Pavel Šlancar, Martina Volná
Utilities and distributions: MS – Projekce a spol.
General construction contractor: Zlínstav
Photo: Juliusz Sokołowski, Jakub Certowicz
Collaboration: Agnieszka Wolny-Grabowska, Krzysztof Kobiela, Adrianna Wycisło, Mateusz Białek, Jakub Bilan, Wojciech Fudala, Katarzyna Kuzior, Damian Kuna, Jakub Pielecha, Magdalena Orzeł – Rurańska, Elżbieta Siwiec, Anna Szewczyk, Kinga Wojtanowska
Interior design: Robert Konieczny KWK Promes; TUKEJ Justyna Kucharczyk, Agnieszka Nawrocka; Yvette Vašourková CCEA MOBA
Garden landscaping: Denisa Tomášková
Design solution: MS-projekce s.r.o.
Project planners: Jaroslav Habrnal, Petr Hanko, Pavel Šlancar, Martina Volná
Utilities and distributions: MS – Projekce a spol.
General construction contractor: Zlínstav
Photo: Juliusz Sokołowski, Jakub Certowicz
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This project is the result of an architectural competition, the aim of which was to preserve a historically valuable old abattoir building. The city bought the dilapidated building from a private owner in 2016. It is now used as an exhibition space for the Plato Gallery with 5 exhibition halls, a café and facilities for educational programmes. The building has become a natural centre for the transformation of the wider locality and is complemented by other local municipal projects.
At the start of the project, the walls of the abattoir were dilapidated and battered, with many large holes. The brickwork blackened with soot bore witness to the city’s industrial history. The architects took these imperfections at face value and added another layer to the history of the building, which has a preservation order. They preserved the character of the soiled brick and windows and filled in the holes with contemporary materials while retaining the existing ornamentation. The team decided to restore all of the parts of the abattoir that had completely collapsed using micro concrete.
The concept of the project is based on preserving the functionality of the building’s openings as shortcuts connecting it to the city. This led to the idea of filling them with structures that could rotate and open the exhibition spaces towards the outside, allowing culture to take on a more democratic character. This has provided artists with new exhibition possibilities that allow art to literally ‘go out’ and become accessible to new audiences.
The outdoor area is surrounded by greenery: grass, flower meadows and trees, along with a pond and underground rainwater retention tanks used for irrigation. Inside the gallery, vegetables have been grown on the water wall, completing the transformation of the site.
At the start of the project, the walls of the abattoir were dilapidated and battered, with many large holes. The brickwork blackened with soot bore witness to the city’s industrial history. The architects took these imperfections at face value and added another layer to the history of the building, which has a preservation order. They preserved the character of the soiled brick and windows and filled in the holes with contemporary materials while retaining the existing ornamentation. The team decided to restore all of the parts of the abattoir that had completely collapsed using micro concrete.
The concept of the project is based on preserving the functionality of the building’s openings as shortcuts connecting it to the city. This led to the idea of filling them with structures that could rotate and open the exhibition spaces towards the outside, allowing culture to take on a more democratic character. This has provided artists with new exhibition possibilities that allow art to literally ‘go out’ and become accessible to new audiences.
The outdoor area is surrounded by greenery: grass, flower meadows and trees, along with a pond and underground rainwater retention tanks used for irrigation. Inside the gallery, vegetables have been grown on the water wall, completing the transformation of the site.
KWK Promes
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Petr Loutkář
30.11.23 01:32
PLATO městská galerie současného umění
Jitka Hoferková
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