The winner of the architectural competition for the reconstruction of the slaughterhouse will prepare the project

Ostrava - The winner of the architectural competition for the reconstruction of the former slaughterhouse building near the center of Ostrava, which has been awarded to the Prague studio Petr Hájek Architekti, will soon begin preparing the project. Mayor Tomáš Macura (ANO) said this to reporters today.

"The extraordinary city council decided on the selection of the studio that will process the project documentation and will carry out the author's supervision of the entire construction. The most advantageous offer was given by the architectural studio that won the entire competition," Macura stated. According to him, all three awarded proposals' authors could apply in the bidding process, where price and speed of processing were decisive. In the end, only two applied, and the winning studio Petr Hájek Architekti submitted the more advantageous offer, requiring 6.9 million crowns for the project processing and promising delivery within less than three months from the signing of the contract, the final version of which is currently being worked on.

"Sometime in the autumn, we should have complete project documentation available, and the necessary permits should be resolved, which will allow us, in the optimal case, to announce the bidding process for the contractor by the end of 2017," said Macura. The city wants work on the reconstruction of the building, which is to become the headquarters of the city gallery PLATO Ostrava, to start next year.

The city slaughterhouse building was established in 1881. However, in 1994, the city district of Moravská Ostrava and Přívoz sold the two-hectare land along with the slaughterhouse building to the company Bauhaus for more than 38 million crowns. The company built its DIY market in close proximity to the slaughterhouse. However, the slaughterhouse fell into disrepair and was never repaired; the store also ceased operations later. The city has long tried to reacquire the architecturally protected slaughterhouse, which it regained last September. It paid 80 million crowns for it and the former Bauhaus store.