V. Bohuslav Fuchs Award - awarded projects
Jaroslav Matoušek + Norbert Obršál; 3rd year
5+5 Urban Renewal – Stadterneuerung
doc. Ing.arch. Karel Havliš, Ing.arch. Ondřej Chybík, Ing.arch. Michal Krištof
Path at the interface of the city and the landscape. Uncovering and strengthening the greatest potential of Moravský Krumlov. Creating a continuous space against the backdrop of the intermingling of city and landscape.
Lea Koncerová + Kateřina Baťková; 3rd year
5+5 Urban Renewal – Stadterneuerung
doc. Ing.arch. Karel Havliš, Ing.arch. Ondřej Chybík, Ing.arch. Michal Krištof
Krems/ Stein on the Danube
The Danube River flowing through Stein has always played a crucial role for the town. After the construction of the road along the bank, the town lost its most qualitative space – the riverside promenade. A new sidearm of the river brings quality and life to the town.
Kyjov/ Boršov
The village of Boršov is located in a significant wine-producing area. In the middle of the village with a street character, wine cellars were originally built. Over time, however, they had to give way to the expanding road. Our goal was to return the cellars to their original place and create a public space that is currently lacking in the village. We strive to revive the tradition in a very untraditional way – through a wine vending machine that will kickstart the whole development.
Oliver Kažimír; 2nd year
Boathouse in Podzámecká garden
doc. Ing.arch. Josef Hrabec, CSc.
The Podzámecká garden in the town of Kroměříž stretches between the Archbishop's palace and the Morava River. It is directly connected to the town and freely accessible to people. Considering the urbanism of the town, it can be argued that the garden is a space that provides its inhabitants an opportunity to relax from the noise and hectic work and personal life in the town. Thanks to the generous size of the garden, 47 hectares, visitors do not perceive its location within the town. It is an isolated world, rich in its own life – rare vegetation and, to a greater or lesser extent, also free-living animals. Due to its uniqueness, the Podzámecká garden is a national cultural monument and since 1998 a part of the UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage. The origin of the garden dates back to the 15th century. Since then, it has undergone various changes, and it was not until the 19th century that it transformed into a landscape park enriched with smaller romantic structures (Pompeian colonnade, Peacock courtyard, Fisherman's pavilion, Colloredo colonnade).
For assessing the proposed concept, it is important to consider the current purpose of the garden, regardless of the historical artifacts located within it. From my perspective, a person seeks shelter from the city in this place, and this is precisely what the landscape park offers. It provides a therapeutically inspiring view of nature, which appears dreamy, even fairy-tale-like. Areas densely covered with trees alternate with open grassy meadows and water surfaces. The freedom of vegetation arrangement gives the park a sense of naturalness, making it mysterious, creating moments of surprise and unique views. Although it belongs typologically to the English landscape park (thus offers an illusion of naturalness), certain geometry is created by the Long pond and the alley stretching alongside it, which connects with all three entrances to the garden. The dimensions and linearity of the tree alley naturally attract people and make it the central path. However, it is just a 'highway'; it is predictable. It contradicts the principles of a landscape park, where one should wander and discover. It was the location of this alley between the Long and Wild ponds that prompted me to think about the placement of the boathouse, as my intention is not to completely hide the boathouse from people.
In simple terms, it can be said that there are two approach variants. Either create a noticeable intervention in the landscape, filling the space with people, where the quacking of ducks will be drowned out by the smacking of people eating fries – thus creating an attraction. On the other hand, a minimal intervention supporting the intimacy and charm of this place is feasible. I chose the second option. Placing the boathouse by the Wild pond supports the chosen concept, as this location truly has a private character. During my time under the trees in the Podzámecká garden, I largely became convinced that creating an object with certain attractive functions could only harm the place. Utilizing the pond for boating should be a unique moment. In preserving the atmosphere, its capacity is also significantly limited.
Materially, I respond to this reality with my boathouse design. I minimize the object to its operational minimum. Functionally and capacity-wise, it is a building designed to store two smaller boats (size 2.45m x 1.2m), used during the day by the caretaker, who will make boating accessible to interested parties. At the same time, this building can serve as a small workshop for potential minor repairs and maintenance of the object and its surroundings. Adding a toilet, primarily for the caretaker but also for visitors in necessary situations (since this is not a real estate but a park directly connected to the town, I do not think sanitary facilities are unnecessary here), is necessary. Some additional function for refreshments with seating loses significance given the fact that these functions are already fulfilled by the Fisherman's bastion, which is only 200 meters from this site, or dozens of refreshment facilities nearby in the town. I am convinced that the function of a restaurant or café, or similar facilities, is purely a municipal matter.
The object unfolds into the space with freely-standing walls, which geometrically relate to it. They more precisely define the position and direction of the dock protruding above the pond's surface. They optically support the transition from the main alley to the end of the dock. In these walls, there are openings into the landscape. Their placement will draw the attention of passersby to the exceptional location and view. In this object, one can sit down and enjoy the peaceful surroundings of the Podzámecká garden. The morphology is simple, inorganic, created by man. In contrast, the material expression – the raw concrete and the unprocessed surface – connects with natural qualities. These objects will be shaped by the elements and time. Nature will accept them as part of itself.
It is an object measuring 4.5x2.8 meters, with a structural height of 2.75 meters. The structure is concrete, monolithic, with a wall thickness of 150mm. The surface is exposed concrete with an imprint of wooden boards of width 115mm used for formwork. The beams used as window casements, seats, doors, and dock are made of solid oak wood. (alternatively acacia, which also withstands water well). The window of the object is set into an aluminum frame, with the lower part being retractable. The restroom door swings open, with a width of 800mm, and the storage door is sliding, with a width of 1100mm (for space saving and better handling of the boats). The roof of the object is sloped towards a drain leading to an installation shaft, as well as to the sewage water from the toilet. The main object is placed on foundation strips, and the added wall objects are sunk into the ground with micro-piles due to their small spatial stability. The object is connected to electricity and water via underground connections. The wooden seats protruding from the concrete walls are secured with stainless steel angles.
Functionally, the object with its primary role (boathouse) is used seasonally. For its use as a workshop for the caretaker in winter months, it is equipped with electrical heating for water and air.
Marek Jakubík; 1st year
Infinity
Ing.arch. Jan Mléčka
The concept is based on Buddhist philosophy of life and the flow of time.
The narrow, 5-meter-high entrance hall symbolizes the life journey, and the confined space evokes anxious feelings, which are also part of a life based on material things.
The narrow space between the rings formed by 8-meter-high reinforced concrete walls represents the cycle of life, change, and the infinity of the flow of time.
The inner open space stands in contrast to the previous spaces and is meant to be a place for contemplation, relaxation, and self-discovery.
My intention was to create a quiet space isolated from external noise and to allow individuals – and yet for everyone the same – to experience the contrasting spaces where each has the opportunity to find reflections and analogies from their own life.
Bc. Miloš Tren; 5th year
Res Publica III – School of Basic Life – ZUŠ Kopřivnice
prof. Ing.arch. Ivan Ruller
Assignment
The project involves the transformation of the old building of a non-functional elementary school into an artistic school. This is a historic building with significant architectural features, complemented by insensitive, purposeful extensions and interventions from later periods. The precise construction program clearly limits the requirements for individual operations. However, the complicated situation not only calls for functional and operational reorganization but particularly for reflections on architectural expression, dignity, and friendliness of the environment and primarily on the social context of the school as a public institution. This is about resolving the conflict between the "old typology" and the current relaxed demands for a creative environment.
Ambitions
The path I am trying to find to address this task is best characterized by a quote from Peter Zumthor, which I have taken the liberty to use as the motto for my work.
"For the New to find its place, it must first inspire us to see the Old in a new light”
The aim of the proposal is to find and then develop the qualities of the existing building. After a brutal intervention by the extensions from the 1970s, it is desirable to restore the dignity of the place and to utilize the artistic compositional values of the historical object that have been suppressed and hidden in the greenery. Through hierarchization and setting a new functional organization, I strive to achieve a pleasant, inspiring environment, but also a clear framework of operation and seriousness of the school which undoubtedly belongs to quality education of any kind.
Surrounding connections
Kopřivnice is a city of solitary buildings, therefore the artistic school is designed accordingly. It communicates with the town in all directions and becomes a point – or rather one of the “goals” of the activities of local residents. All extensions have therefore been removed, and the garden of the school has been connected to the adjacent park. The building thus respects local urbanism and does not attempt to enclose a single block in the city.
The art school should be treated as a public institution that does not serve merely to a closed circle of people. As a center of creative activity and positive engagement, it opens up to the surroundings, stepping out from the building into the town and vice versa allows the town to enter it. Because creativity hardly manifests itself behind closed doors....
Spatial arrangements and modifications
As mentioned above, the proposal focuses on the historical building. Here, an imaginary functional, but also compositional axis is created on which the main spaces are arranged – a dignified generous entrance and anteroom, foyer with gallery, and above all the new core and focal point of the school - the auditorium, which turns to both the inner and outer space.
The ground floor is primarily dedicated to the public and aims to socially "collaborate" with the town. The other floors are then clearly functionally divided and dedicated to individual artistic fields. In the second floor it is music, and in the third, visual arts. However, the intent is more to connect functions rather than segregate, which is why they are linked through variable areas - social halls, where their interests can intersect. The improvements to the tight surroundings of the school then offer the opportunity to go out with any activity and conduct it in relative peace directly in the town.
New mass
The new construction intervention in the building is designed to contrast with it to a certain extent. To preserve the identity of the old building and the new part simultaneously, structures and materials characterized by subtlety and lightness were chosen. Despite their differences, they are clearly organized and arranged in relation to the mass of the old building.
The new outdoor spaces are designed as park areas with a hardened surface that allows for practically any activity.
Bc. Kamila Petráková; 5th year
Res Publica III – School of Basic Life – ZUŠ Kopřivnice
Ing.arch. Jan Sochor
The subject of the studio work was to create a design for the reconstruction, conversion, and possibly extension of the former primary school building on Štramberská Street in Kopřivnice for use by the Základní Umělecká Škola Zdeňka Buriana. The existing building is located in a relatively prestigious position on one of the two main streets in Kopřivnice in direct proximity to Masaryk Square with the Church of St. Bartholomew. Across the street is another building, playing an important role in the cultural life of the town – the Catholic House.
In my design efforts, I aimed to create an art school that has something more than other art schools. I hope I have achieved this through the internal courtyard which connects all the artistic fields together. At the same time, I aimed to create this school in a way that it is understandable even for foreign visitors. The arrangement of individual classrooms and spaces used by the wider public seems more than logical from my perspective. The communal areas and the music department are located in the older building of the two existing structures. The communal spaces (concert hall, gallery, library) are, in my opinion, places that serve to present the school, which is why this building was clearly chosen for hosting these functions. At the same time, one of the values of this object is its massive walls that improve sound proofing. For this reason, I positioned the music department here. The counterpoint is the prefabricated building which allows for greater variability in space – which is an advantage for the visual arts and dance departments.
To meet my established requirements for the operation of this school, I removed a significant part of the existing buildings in the design. By removing the single-storey structures on the site and one of the wings of the existing building, I was able to create an organized internal courtyard space which achieved all the values that were the foundation of my concept. I aimed to create a world in itself – an outdoor space suitable for dance, artistic creation, and playing musical instruments. Everything can be interconnected, and at the same time does not need to be disrupted...
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5+5 Urban Renewal – Stadterneuerung
doc. Ing.arch. Karel Havliš, Ing.arch. Ondřej Chybík, Ing.arch. Michal Krištof
Path at the interface of the city and the landscape. Uncovering and strengthening the greatest potential of Moravský Krumlov. Creating a continuous space against the backdrop of the intermingling of city and landscape.
Lea Koncerová + Kateřina Baťková; 3rd year
5+5 Urban Renewal – Stadterneuerung
doc. Ing.arch. Karel Havliš, Ing.arch. Ondřej Chybík, Ing.arch. Michal Krištof
Krems/ Stein on the Danube
The Danube River flowing through Stein has always played a crucial role for the town. After the construction of the road along the bank, the town lost its most qualitative space – the riverside promenade. A new sidearm of the river brings quality and life to the town.
Kyjov/ Boršov
The village of Boršov is located in a significant wine-producing area. In the middle of the village with a street character, wine cellars were originally built. Over time, however, they had to give way to the expanding road. Our goal was to return the cellars to their original place and create a public space that is currently lacking in the village. We strive to revive the tradition in a very untraditional way – through a wine vending machine that will kickstart the whole development.
Oliver Kažimír; 2nd year
Boathouse in Podzámecká garden
doc. Ing.arch. Josef Hrabec, CSc.
The Podzámecká garden in the town of Kroměříž stretches between the Archbishop's palace and the Morava River. It is directly connected to the town and freely accessible to people. Considering the urbanism of the town, it can be argued that the garden is a space that provides its inhabitants an opportunity to relax from the noise and hectic work and personal life in the town. Thanks to the generous size of the garden, 47 hectares, visitors do not perceive its location within the town. It is an isolated world, rich in its own life – rare vegetation and, to a greater or lesser extent, also free-living animals. Due to its uniqueness, the Podzámecká garden is a national cultural monument and since 1998 a part of the UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage. The origin of the garden dates back to the 15th century. Since then, it has undergone various changes, and it was not until the 19th century that it transformed into a landscape park enriched with smaller romantic structures (Pompeian colonnade, Peacock courtyard, Fisherman's pavilion, Colloredo colonnade).
For assessing the proposed concept, it is important to consider the current purpose of the garden, regardless of the historical artifacts located within it. From my perspective, a person seeks shelter from the city in this place, and this is precisely what the landscape park offers. It provides a therapeutically inspiring view of nature, which appears dreamy, even fairy-tale-like. Areas densely covered with trees alternate with open grassy meadows and water surfaces. The freedom of vegetation arrangement gives the park a sense of naturalness, making it mysterious, creating moments of surprise and unique views. Although it belongs typologically to the English landscape park (thus offers an illusion of naturalness), certain geometry is created by the Long pond and the alley stretching alongside it, which connects with all three entrances to the garden. The dimensions and linearity of the tree alley naturally attract people and make it the central path. However, it is just a 'highway'; it is predictable. It contradicts the principles of a landscape park, where one should wander and discover. It was the location of this alley between the Long and Wild ponds that prompted me to think about the placement of the boathouse, as my intention is not to completely hide the boathouse from people.
In simple terms, it can be said that there are two approach variants. Either create a noticeable intervention in the landscape, filling the space with people, where the quacking of ducks will be drowned out by the smacking of people eating fries – thus creating an attraction. On the other hand, a minimal intervention supporting the intimacy and charm of this place is feasible. I chose the second option. Placing the boathouse by the Wild pond supports the chosen concept, as this location truly has a private character. During my time under the trees in the Podzámecká garden, I largely became convinced that creating an object with certain attractive functions could only harm the place. Utilizing the pond for boating should be a unique moment. In preserving the atmosphere, its capacity is also significantly limited.
Materially, I respond to this reality with my boathouse design. I minimize the object to its operational minimum. Functionally and capacity-wise, it is a building designed to store two smaller boats (size 2.45m x 1.2m), used during the day by the caretaker, who will make boating accessible to interested parties. At the same time, this building can serve as a small workshop for potential minor repairs and maintenance of the object and its surroundings. Adding a toilet, primarily for the caretaker but also for visitors in necessary situations (since this is not a real estate but a park directly connected to the town, I do not think sanitary facilities are unnecessary here), is necessary. Some additional function for refreshments with seating loses significance given the fact that these functions are already fulfilled by the Fisherman's bastion, which is only 200 meters from this site, or dozens of refreshment facilities nearby in the town. I am convinced that the function of a restaurant or café, or similar facilities, is purely a municipal matter.
The object unfolds into the space with freely-standing walls, which geometrically relate to it. They more precisely define the position and direction of the dock protruding above the pond's surface. They optically support the transition from the main alley to the end of the dock. In these walls, there are openings into the landscape. Their placement will draw the attention of passersby to the exceptional location and view. In this object, one can sit down and enjoy the peaceful surroundings of the Podzámecká garden. The morphology is simple, inorganic, created by man. In contrast, the material expression – the raw concrete and the unprocessed surface – connects with natural qualities. These objects will be shaped by the elements and time. Nature will accept them as part of itself.
It is an object measuring 4.5x2.8 meters, with a structural height of 2.75 meters. The structure is concrete, monolithic, with a wall thickness of 150mm. The surface is exposed concrete with an imprint of wooden boards of width 115mm used for formwork. The beams used as window casements, seats, doors, and dock are made of solid oak wood. (alternatively acacia, which also withstands water well). The window of the object is set into an aluminum frame, with the lower part being retractable. The restroom door swings open, with a width of 800mm, and the storage door is sliding, with a width of 1100mm (for space saving and better handling of the boats). The roof of the object is sloped towards a drain leading to an installation shaft, as well as to the sewage water from the toilet. The main object is placed on foundation strips, and the added wall objects are sunk into the ground with micro-piles due to their small spatial stability. The object is connected to electricity and water via underground connections. The wooden seats protruding from the concrete walls are secured with stainless steel angles.
Functionally, the object with its primary role (boathouse) is used seasonally. For its use as a workshop for the caretaker in winter months, it is equipped with electrical heating for water and air.
Marek Jakubík; 1st year
Infinity
Ing.arch. Jan Mléčka
The concept is based on Buddhist philosophy of life and the flow of time.
The narrow, 5-meter-high entrance hall symbolizes the life journey, and the confined space evokes anxious feelings, which are also part of a life based on material things.
The narrow space between the rings formed by 8-meter-high reinforced concrete walls represents the cycle of life, change, and the infinity of the flow of time.
The inner open space stands in contrast to the previous spaces and is meant to be a place for contemplation, relaxation, and self-discovery.
My intention was to create a quiet space isolated from external noise and to allow individuals – and yet for everyone the same – to experience the contrasting spaces where each has the opportunity to find reflections and analogies from their own life.
Bc. Miloš Tren; 5th year
Res Publica III – School of Basic Life – ZUŠ Kopřivnice
prof. Ing.arch. Ivan Ruller
Assignment
The project involves the transformation of the old building of a non-functional elementary school into an artistic school. This is a historic building with significant architectural features, complemented by insensitive, purposeful extensions and interventions from later periods. The precise construction program clearly limits the requirements for individual operations. However, the complicated situation not only calls for functional and operational reorganization but particularly for reflections on architectural expression, dignity, and friendliness of the environment and primarily on the social context of the school as a public institution. This is about resolving the conflict between the "old typology" and the current relaxed demands for a creative environment.
Ambitions
The path I am trying to find to address this task is best characterized by a quote from Peter Zumthor, which I have taken the liberty to use as the motto for my work.
"For the New to find its place, it must first inspire us to see the Old in a new light”
P.Zumthor
The aim of the proposal is to find and then develop the qualities of the existing building. After a brutal intervention by the extensions from the 1970s, it is desirable to restore the dignity of the place and to utilize the artistic compositional values of the historical object that have been suppressed and hidden in the greenery. Through hierarchization and setting a new functional organization, I strive to achieve a pleasant, inspiring environment, but also a clear framework of operation and seriousness of the school which undoubtedly belongs to quality education of any kind.
Surrounding connections
Kopřivnice is a city of solitary buildings, therefore the artistic school is designed accordingly. It communicates with the town in all directions and becomes a point – or rather one of the “goals” of the activities of local residents. All extensions have therefore been removed, and the garden of the school has been connected to the adjacent park. The building thus respects local urbanism and does not attempt to enclose a single block in the city.
The art school should be treated as a public institution that does not serve merely to a closed circle of people. As a center of creative activity and positive engagement, it opens up to the surroundings, stepping out from the building into the town and vice versa allows the town to enter it. Because creativity hardly manifests itself behind closed doors....
Spatial arrangements and modifications
As mentioned above, the proposal focuses on the historical building. Here, an imaginary functional, but also compositional axis is created on which the main spaces are arranged – a dignified generous entrance and anteroom, foyer with gallery, and above all the new core and focal point of the school - the auditorium, which turns to both the inner and outer space.
The ground floor is primarily dedicated to the public and aims to socially "collaborate" with the town. The other floors are then clearly functionally divided and dedicated to individual artistic fields. In the second floor it is music, and in the third, visual arts. However, the intent is more to connect functions rather than segregate, which is why they are linked through variable areas - social halls, where their interests can intersect. The improvements to the tight surroundings of the school then offer the opportunity to go out with any activity and conduct it in relative peace directly in the town.
New mass
The new construction intervention in the building is designed to contrast with it to a certain extent. To preserve the identity of the old building and the new part simultaneously, structures and materials characterized by subtlety and lightness were chosen. Despite their differences, they are clearly organized and arranged in relation to the mass of the old building.
The new outdoor spaces are designed as park areas with a hardened surface that allows for practically any activity.
Bc. Kamila Petráková; 5th year
Res Publica III – School of Basic Life – ZUŠ Kopřivnice
Ing.arch. Jan Sochor
The subject of the studio work was to create a design for the reconstruction, conversion, and possibly extension of the former primary school building on Štramberská Street in Kopřivnice for use by the Základní Umělecká Škola Zdeňka Buriana. The existing building is located in a relatively prestigious position on one of the two main streets in Kopřivnice in direct proximity to Masaryk Square with the Church of St. Bartholomew. Across the street is another building, playing an important role in the cultural life of the town – the Catholic House.
In my design efforts, I aimed to create an art school that has something more than other art schools. I hope I have achieved this through the internal courtyard which connects all the artistic fields together. At the same time, I aimed to create this school in a way that it is understandable even for foreign visitors. The arrangement of individual classrooms and spaces used by the wider public seems more than logical from my perspective. The communal areas and the music department are located in the older building of the two existing structures. The communal spaces (concert hall, gallery, library) are, in my opinion, places that serve to present the school, which is why this building was clearly chosen for hosting these functions. At the same time, one of the values of this object is its massive walls that improve sound proofing. For this reason, I positioned the music department here. The counterpoint is the prefabricated building which allows for greater variability in space – which is an advantage for the visual arts and dance departments.
To meet my established requirements for the operation of this school, I removed a significant part of the existing buildings in the design. By removing the single-storey structures on the site and one of the wings of the existing building, I was able to create an organized internal courtyard space which achieved all the values that were the foundation of my concept. I aimed to create a world in itself – an outdoor space suitable for dance, artistic creation, and playing musical instruments. Everything can be interconnected, and at the same time does not need to be disrupted...
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