<aArchitektura> introduces: Svatopluk Sládeček – Unsolicited Letters</aArchitektura>

Svatopluk Sládeček and his Brno studio New Work have been one of the prominent studios operating in the Czech architectural scene for several years. Among other things, Svatopluk Sládeček is the editor of the prestigious Yearbook of Czech Architecture "Czech Architecture 2007-2008," a laureate of the Grand Prix of Czech Architecture awards, a holder of the Archiweb award in 2004, and several other accolades. In 2004, the studio's work was presented at the exhibition Figurative Architecture for Beginners, organized by the Regional Gallery in Zlín.

In Zlín, it is unnecessary to introduce Svatopluk Sládeček's work too much as the city's residents encounter realisations from the New Work studio daily, including the shopping center Zlaté Jablko or the Robot house in Náměstí míru. His realisations of family houses, such as Pulec, Sysel, Pejsek, and many others, are well-known; they are formally atypical from the outside, but their shape describes the work with the internal space of the building, emphasizing the tension created by the spatial composition inside. The focus is primarily not on walls, materials, and colors per se, but rather on the volumetric experience and scale. Another aspect typical of the New Work studio's work is collaboration with visual artists, including Radim Hanke, Mario Kotrba, and several others. A project that is not directly related to construction is the design and implementation of the theater stage for the play Correspondence V+W at the Reduta Theater, directed by Jan Mikulášek.

Svatopluk Sládeček's authorial lecture "Unsolicited Letters" will take place at Club Blok 12 on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 7 PM.