<h1>Circle Spring 2026 : Available Housing</h1>

The new lecture series organized by the Kruh association entitled Accessible Housing will bring inspiration from foreign metropolises to Prague and reflect current social and architectural challenges related to housing in cities. The series will present progressive approaches in the field and specific foreign buildings that aim to respond to the housing crisis, rising real estate prices, gentrification, and changes in household structures. Over the course of seven lecture evenings, experts from leading European cities such as Barcelona, Copenhagen, Berlin, Zurich, and Helsinki will speak. Starting in March, visitors can look forward to personal meetings with guests whose designs and implementations address one of Europe's most pressing problems.

The series Accessible Housing will take place every first Thursday of the month from March to June, and in the autumn from October to December in selected Prague venues. The first lecture on Thursday, March 5 will feature the Catalan studio HARQUITECTES from Barcelona. The studio's innovative and sustainable approach to the issue of accessible housing is best illustrated by the project Social Housing 2104. Social housing for seniors was built on the site of an abandoned and recently demolished school, with most of the demolition debris being reused in the new construction. The studio also builds student accommodations and community centers.

In April, the founder of the Swiss studio Müller Sigrist Architekten, architect Pascal Müller, will speak. Their exemplary realization is an apartment building for the cooperative Kalkbreite, which was built on a complicated triangular plot between a railway and busy streets and connected housing with a tram depot. The diverse composition of 88 apartments here blends with community life and continues to allow for commercial use of the building. The German perspective will be presented in June by architect Bernhard Kurz from the Berlin studio IFUB*. The studio designs its projects sustainably, considering social justice and future generations. They actively work with the concept of Baugruppen, where several families or close friends join forces and finances to build one or more residential buildings. Baugruppen combines private ownership with the advantages of a housing cooperative and actively engages future residents from day one. The lectures by foreign personalities will be introduced and complemented by local Czech architects and other specialists in the field.

The lecture by the Spanish studio HARQUITECTES will take place on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall of Cinema Světozor, Vodičkova 791, Prague 1. The lecture will be conducted in English. The basic admission fee for the event is 180 CZK, and for students or seniors, a reduced price of 160 CZK. Tickets can be purchased through the reservation system of Cinema Světozor.

The KRUH association has been dedicated to architectural awareness for 25 years since 2001. The main aim is to present quality and contemporary architecture to the public, open it for meaningful discussions, and enable dialogues between authors and residents of cities and municipalities. Kruh organizes year-round lecture cycles with both world-renowned and local architects, as well as the nationwide festival Architecture Day and the international film festival Film and Architecture.

The events are held in the city center and are intended for professionals as well as the public interested in architecture and public space. Lectures with foreign guests are conducted in English, with selected ones being translated into Czech. Program changes are reserved.

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