VI. Bohuslav Fuchs Award - awarded projects

```html Radomír Feňo; 4th year
Velká Slunečná
supervisor: Ing. arch. Barbora Ponešová Ph.D.

Velká Slunečná is part of the Dunajovice Hills, its terraces are artificially created by humans for the purpose of planting on the peaks. This, however, has not happened and the terraces are now beautifully redundant. The mountain and its surroundings are lushly overgrown with steppe.
The proposed objects highlight significant visible places from Velká Slunečná, serving as indicators, conveying the atmosphere of the observed location. At the same time, they offer protection against weather influences. From the objects, there is a direct view of the observed places. The terraces of Velká Slunečná spiral upwards - symbolizing the journey from the inner to the outer, which is embodied in the objects.

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Bc. Jakub Kolman; 5th year
Five senses in architecture – Urban market at the circular boulevard in Brno
supervisor: prof. Ing.arch. Ivan Koleček
consultant: Ing.arch Lukáš Pecka

The circular boulevard acts both as a connector and a barrier. The open space on the platform at the bend of the former wall belt is a place for the design of an urban market. The grid emerging from the shell module of the existing bus station expresses the order of this area. The design utilizes the grid in the conception of both the object and the public space.
The market stands on the very edge of the platform. This edge forms the market's plinth and simultaneously accommodates its background and parking, creating a cohesive whole that merges with both levels of the city. The direction of the circuit is reinforced by the orientation of the object and the avenue of trees. The building clearly turns towards the city and, together with its entire forecourt, offers several character spaces: a line of trees, a square, a portico, and finally the market space itself.
The scale of the building, generosity, and monumentality supported by symmetry correspond to the position of the circular boulevard in the city's structure. The market is meant to function as a dignified, sturdy, and airy container for trading, tasting, and exploring. Accompanying operations (restaurants, wine shop, culinary club, parking) ensure the use of this urban space even outside the opening hours of the market itself.

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Tereza Kvapilová; 4th year
And now for something completely different – Urban market
supervisor: Ing. arch. David Mikulášek
+ Prize of the general sponsor Xella

The outcome of the whole studio for the winter semester is not a new building, reconstruction, urban solution, or development plan. The end product is a book. A book about what an urban market actually is, what it could be, what it perhaps should be. What it means for people and for society, what attributes contribute to its final form and success or failure. Why markets have disappeared from us and why they are returning at all. And what has happened to them in the last few years of their absence.
The thesis is based on interviews with people engaged with markets, an anonymous survey, newspaper articles, and primarily a kind of feeling, intuitively. At the end of the book, three projects emerged, three variants of the market, which do not aspire to propose but merely illustrate the entire book. It is hard to say whether this is still architecture. Perhaps it is not. It definitely should be.
“Experiential consumption, this could perhaps summarize the trend that paradoxically gives markets hope for possible rebirth while simultaneously killing the original spirit. This trend is contemporary and societal, not limited to this topic, but permeates all spheres, primary, secondary, tertiary. It relates to the boom of advertisements that transforms our vision of life into a series of individual clips; unsustainable moments that are tied to the product being sold. A person does not buy a product but an experience, a positive association linked to the product. They do not buy margarine, but a pleasant breakfast with their family. They do not buy a bottle of liqueur, but a summer evening on the terrace with their beautiful and fun friends. When they buy cheese, they are buying a romantic dinner, when they lease a car, they are buying an adventurous ride through the city. Take the desired experience, link it with the product, and suddenly it becomes desirable.”
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“This phenomenon could merely be a start-up for the revival of urban market traditions, merely a temporary advantage at the beginning until the attraction becomes a habit. However, there is also a possibility that it becomes a new, permanent principle that irreversibly changes the significance of the market as such. The danger of this variant lies primarily in the above-mentioned – the experiences people crave are not a part of everyday life, but rather a variant of visiting Disneyland. They are as true as riding a haunted castle or a group photo with Mickey Mouse. But how long will it take until this false reality becomes the only one? How long until we live in a Matrix of advertisement companies and private entities that create a diktat of an ideal yet standard life, optimized for the sales and profits of individual firms and corporations?”

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Bc. Najvarová Lucie; 5th year
Social Urbanism
supervisor: doc. Ing.arch. Karel Havliš

For a socially excluded locality in Cejl, social urbanism represents a means to improve conditions and the quality of life. The tools of social urbanism are individual types of space - public space, semi-public, and private. The interweaving, fluidity between them leads to diversity and a constant dialogue between space, the user, and the spaces themselves.
The process of gentrification, which is beginning to expand in the locality, could contribute to strengthening social diversity, revitalizing the urban structure, and enhancing the entire area. It is necessary to motivate current residents of the area to participate in the changes and development of the locality. Discussion and interaction among residents is, in the case of social urbanism, the main driving force for the transformation of the territory.

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Norbert Obršál; 4th year
And now for something completely different – Hidden potential of the city in the heart of the Beskids
supervisor: Ing. arch. David Mikulášek

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is now a tourist-attractive destination. The town is surrounded by the beautiful nature of the Beskids, but unfortunately, it does not fully utilize its own potential. The design analyzes the strengths of the town and proposes steps for the revitalization and utilization of the town's potential. The project deals with Masaryk Square, a plot very close to the square, and the garden of the Church of All Saints, transforming the center into a vibrant and compact city.
The entire work can be read – here.

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Bc. Martina Soldánová; 6th year
Res publica III. – School of the Basic Life
supervisor: Ing.arch. Pavel Jura

The concept of Černá louka as a cultural cluster, which was intended for Ostrava's candidacy for the European Capital of Culture, appears today to be inappropriate. Ostrava currently lacks financial resources for the realization of new cultural buildings and has no plans for new investments in this area. Therefore, I proposed a new concept, presenting Černá louka as the germ of the city. The design is based on current conditions and operates without newly built cultural buildings. The existing exhibition and theater building forms the center of the meadow, around which a free area for the expanding urban development emerges. On the edge of this development is placed a Waldorf school. The chosen meander shape touches both the street and the river. It offers contact with the city as well as nature. The longitudinal arms of the meander contain classrooms of individual sections of the school. In the transverse sections are located a hall, gym, and other communal operations. The meander best divides the external surroundings and creates three distinct spaces for the school: an entrance square, a stay courtyard, and a play platform.

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Petra Šebová; 2nd year
Prieluka Mikulov
supervisor: Ing.arch. Foretník Jan, Ph.D., Ing.arch. Ponešová Barbora, Ph.D.

Prieluka is located in Mikulov on Husova Street, in the Jewish quarter, right under the castle. The task was for the house to reflect the specified investor, which in this case is a curator (+wife, childless). The curator as a person conceiving exhibitions, overseeing artwork, organizing events, linking the public with art/culture. The solution leaves part of the land transitional for the public and connects Husova Street to the castle and the gardens below it. This creates a space: private
of the owners/semi-public, which provides for the inhabitants. The stairs to the castle emerge irregularly from the rising terrain, yet they are cantilevered from the wall attached at the edge of the plot. This serves as a space for temporary large-scale artworks, changing throughout the year. The passage can thus occasionally become a refuge for smaller social events. The slanted face of the front wall enlarges the public space and encourages passage. Behind its glazing is an office/studio, which can also be opened to the public as needed. The rest of the house is strictly closed, creating a purely private space. The glazing of the back façade and the garden are protected by surrounding existing vegetation. The house is minimal, with the lower floor adapted for meeting friends, while the other two are only for the owners. The small light width is compensated by airiness, arising from the overlapping of rooms across multiple levels.

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