The competition for the design of the building at Vítězné náměstí in Prague will be announced by developers in September

Prague – The architectural competition for the construction in the northwest part of Vítězné náměstí in Prague 6 will be announced by Fourth Quadrant, a consortium of companies Penta Real Estate, Sekyra Group, and Kaprain, in September. The competition will involve the Czech University of Life Sciences (VŠCHT), the capital city, and Prague 6. The winning design of the two-phase competition is expected to be announced in May 2023. Offices, shops, residential spaces, and a new building for VŠCHT are to be developed on the land between Evropská and Jugoslávských partyzánů streets. This information comes from the website for the planned competition. Currently, the area mainly consists of grass and trees.

The consortium of developers purchased land covering 20,122 m², which is the majority of the buildable area of the so-called fourth quadrant of Vítězné náměstí between Evropská and Jugoslávských partyzánů streets, for approximately one billion crowns in November 2021. Pavel Streblov, the Director of Commercial Construction at Penta Real Estate, announced at that time that a multifunctional development was expected, with the developers anticipating completion by 2028.

VŠCHT sold the land to the developers with the understanding that the funds would be used to construct a new university building with teaching facilities and amenities for students and academics, said VŠCHT Rector Pavel Matějka last year. Thanks to the new building, the school will be able to expand its laboratories.

The Prague 6 municipality welcomes the construction in the western part of Vítězné náměstí, previously stated Deputy Mayor Jakub Stárek on behalf of the municipality. The development is intended to complete the urban concept as designed by architect Antonín Engel in the 1920s.

Vítězné náměstí was established in 1925 and has had several names since, for example, it was called Říjnové revoluce from 1952 to 1990. However, it is commonly known among Prague residents as Kulaťák. The land use plan for Prague has long anticipated the development of this area.