Kellner's Open Gate in the hotel Prague area will be three-story

Prague - The prestigious private school Open Gate II, which the group PPF, led by the richest Czech Petr Kellner, is building in place of the demolished hotel Praha in Prague's Dejvice, will have three above-ground floors and two underground ones. The investor plans to start construction in January 2017, as reported by ČTK from the EIA database.
    "The building of the Open Gate primary school and gymnasium is planned in the lower (southern) part of the former hotel Praha grounds near Evropská Street, where dilapidated garages once stood. This area will be connected to the adjacent land known as Hadovka," said Open Gate School spokesperson Jitka Tkadlecová to ČTK.
    The project consists of two parts. In the eastern part, a new school building will rise, featuring several wings to serve both levels of primary and secondary education. The first above-ground floor will be dedicated to a covered parking area with a delivery section, kitchen, school cafeteria, and buffet, as well as access to the gym's stands and a block of specialized classrooms. Classrooms will be located on the second and third above-ground floors. The first floor of both western wings of the building will house classrooms for the first level of primary school, spaces for after-school care and the school library. The northeast wing will be reserved for the teaching staff across both floors.
    The second component will be the area of the existing Hadovka chateau, to which the investor plans to add a library. A new multifunctional hall will also be built next to it. In addition to the chateau, which served as the residence of the Canadian embassy until 2013, the company will renovate a barn and a garden house.
    The western wing of the chateau will serve as a children's club and as utility spaces, while the extension will contain a library and music education classrooms. In the eastern part, there will be spaces for extracurricular activities, a conference hall, and a café. The barn in the southwest part will feature workshops for visual arts, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics.
    The investor aims to begin construction in January 2017, with completion planned for June 2018. However, several permits need to be obtained beforehand. In addition to two zoning decisions and three building permits, they also require consent for tree felling and the removal of old buildings. The company does not specify construction costs in the documentation.
    The dominant feature of the pre-November era - Hotel Praha - disappeared from the Dejvice horizon last June. The hotel complex was acquired by PPF two years ago. The demolition was authorized by the building office of Prague 6, and the demolition began in January of last year.
    Opinions of both laypeople and experts on the demolition of the hotel differed. Some architects opposed the demolition and referred to the hotel as a unique building. Others contended that it was an average architecture. PPF claimed that the building was oversized and uneconomical.
    Hotel Praha was built in the late 1970s. Until November 1989, it served the needs of the Communist Party and the Czechoslovak government. Many therefore perceived it as a symbol of the pre-November era.