VŠUP

Competition design of Campus of Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design
CZ, Praha, Ďáblice, Hořinecká — 2003
education
investor, client
Academy of Arts Architecture and Design (public investor)
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
team, collaboration
Roman Klimeš, Miroslav Veselý, Michal Nohejl
awards
2. místo ve vyzvané soutěži

The design for a new university campus takes into consideration the morphological peculiarities of the gently sloping terrain. The rampart forms a single compact boundary for the space of the “square,” its backdrop and simultaneously an interface between the visual dominant of the chimney and the top of the slope where the observatory is located.
Whatever building emerges on this site will be poised between the city and the open landscape; the exceptional position of the slope determines the composition of the school. In essence, it will embody the tension between the cultured setting defined by the remnants of industrial buildings, and the natural backdrop of the hill. Bringing the tension to a head is the concept of continuing the surface of the “square” up into the parterre of the university building, and extending the greenery onto its roof; the tension is expressed in subtle contours forming a grid along the exterior walls. Tension is also expressed in the details; e.g., the detail of the frieze is conceived as the close combination of the green-topped roofs with the light curtain wall. The mass is defragmented according to the matrix of utilitarian requirements, whose parameters are modulation, function, and chronological stages. For purposes of readability, the mass is divided into four volumes, defined by individual university departments.
The interior space is exceptionally transparent. This transparency is a way out from the paradox of functional concentration in combination with the maximum of contact with the exterior environment. At the same time, it emphasizes the character of the school through the visual as well as factual linkage with the technical facilities and workshops.

VŠUP

Competition design of Campus of Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design
CZ, Praha, Ďáblice, Hořinecká — 2003
education
investor, client
Academy of Arts Architecture and Design (public investor)
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
team, collaboration
Roman Klimeš, Miroslav Veselý, Michal Nohejl
awards
2. místo ve vyzvané soutěži

The design for a new university campus takes into consideration the morphological peculiarities of the gently sloping terrain. The rampart forms a single compact boundary for the space of the “square,” its backdrop and simultaneously an interface between the visual dominant of the chimney and the top of the slope where the observatory is located.
Whatever building emerges on this site will be poised between the city and the open landscape; the exceptional position of the slope determines the composition of the school. In essence, it will embody the tension between the cultured setting defined by the remnants of industrial buildings, and the natural backdrop of the hill. Bringing the tension to a head is the concept of continuing the surface of the “square” up into the parterre of the university building, and extending the greenery onto its roof; the tension is expressed in subtle contours forming a grid along the exterior walls. Tension is also expressed in the details; e.g., the detail of the frieze is conceived as the close combination of the green-topped roofs with the light curtain wall. The mass is defragmented according to the matrix of utilitarian requirements, whose parameters are modulation, function, and chronological stages. For purposes of readability, the mass is divided into four volumes, defined by individual university departments.
The interior space is exceptionally transparent. This transparency is a way out from the paradox of functional concentration in combination with the maximum of contact with the exterior environment. At the same time, it emphasizes the character of the school through the visual as well as factual linkage with the technical facilities and workshops.