Ostrava will present competition proposals for the reconstruction of the slaughterhouse

Ostrava - Ostrava will display designs from the architectural competition for the renovation of the former slaughterhouse building near the city center. The winner of the competition, which involved a total of eight offices from four countries, is the studio Petr Hájek Architekti from Prague. The designs will be exhibited from next Wednesday at the site of the former Bauhaus hobby market, which the city purchased along with the slaughterhouse building. This was announced to reporters today by the director of the Plato gallery and chairman of the competition committee, Marek Pokorný.

"The presentation of evaluated designs in the form of an open exhibition is part of the conditions of the architectural competition. I am glad that not only architecture professionals but also everyone interested in the city's development will have the opportunity to view the various solutions that were subject to the evaluation by the competition jury and confront them with their own ideas," said Mayor Tomáš Macura (ANO).

The opening will take place on Tuesday, May 30, at 18:00 and is also accessible to the public. The authors of the designs will also participate in the exhibition's opening, where they will present their projects and discuss them with attendees if there is interest. The exhibition will run until June 14 and will be open daily from 14:00 to 18:00. In the morning hours, schools can also make appointments to visit it, for which the gallery will provide professional commentary, according to Pokorný.

The actual reconstruction of the slaughterhouse could begin next year. The municipal slaughterhouse was built in 1881. However, in 1994, the city district of Moravská Ostrava and Přívoz sold the two-hectare site along with the slaughterhouse to the Bauhaus company for over 38 million crowns. The company built its hobby market in close proximity to the slaughterhouse. However, the slaughterhouse fell into disrepair and was never renovated, and the store later also ceased operations. The city has long sought to regain the heritage-protected slaughterhouse, which it took over last September. It paid 80 million crowns for it, including the former Bauhaus store.

According to Pokorný, the jury's decision on the winner was extremely complicated. "The selected proposal clearly stood out in discussion because it respects the internal layout of the slaughterhouse, works very sensitively with the new auditorium, and dealt exceptionally intelligently with all the minor functions required by the gallery's operation. As a representative of the future user, I am therefore very satisfied with the outcome," said Pokorný. The building is intended to serve the needs of the city gallery in the future.