The house on Revoluční is supposed to stand on city-owned land, it is said to agree

Prague - The planned construction at the end of Revoluční street, for which the investor is using the name Novomlýnská brána, should also be built on city-owned land. The investor expects that the new building will not only replace the existing neo-Renaissance house but will also encroach on the sidewalk, which belongs to Prague. The investor asserts that the city agrees with his intention; the heritage protection department of the magistrate has already approved the construction. "The issue of land use will be addressed in the zoning process," said Radovan Karas, representative of the investor, to ČTK.
The application for the sale of the land for the construction project was received by the magistrate already in December 2009. "At that time, the magistrate requested the applicant to supplement the application with additional information, but no one responded, and therefore the magistrate did not take any action," said the press office of the magistrate to ČTK today. According to them, the city thus cannot yet decide whether to sell the land to the investor.
The Novomlýnská brána project was presented to the public last week by the investor and architects. However, it has sparked disputes among experts - particularly heritage conservationists dislike the idea of the old house being replaced. The National Heritage Institute rejected the project, but the heritage conservationists from the magistrate, who have decision-making authority, granted it permission.
The construction, which is supposed to address the situation at the forecourt of the Štefánik Bridge, is being proposed by the DaM studio. They are coming up with a structure that is not a traditional urban house - it does not have a classic façade with windows. The relatively bulky mass has an abstract shape, and the building's shell is to be covered with perforated copper-colored metal. The structure is expected to have a passage that will provide access to a picturesque nook connecting Lannova street, and it plans to incorporate a low Baroque house.
"For the investor's intentions, plot number 328, which the investor owns, would be fully sufficient. In contrast, building on the narrow and limited section of the urban plot 330, which offers only about a two-meter-wide strip for construction, represents a task at the limit of architectural acrobatics," says Karas. Building on this narrow strip of city land will allow covering the blank gable wall of the neighboring house, which marks the end of Revoluční street towards the river. Urbanistically, this place has been unfinished for 70 years, and several competitions have been held in the past to propose solutions.
"It is clear that only through the synergy of the private owner and the city can a new, full-fledged urban-forming element be created at the end of Revoluční street - neither of the two entities can create it independently," the investor believes. The property management and use department of the magistrate has therefore authorized the investor to prepare and discuss the construction as a whole with heritage protection authorities, he added.
The land is owned by Brobosu Properties. The company was formed by merging with the previous owner of the property, Walter Titze.