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Adam

2021 _11 - 2022_09 architect at Studio Raketoplán, Prague

o 2022

| 2021 _07-09 internship at FAM architekti, Prague

|| 2021 _06_09 completion of studies

o 2021

| 2020 _09 - 2021 _06 diploma thesiso 2020 o| 2019

| 2018 _09 - 2019_06

o 2018

erasmus at ENSA Nantes, France

| 2017 _09 - 2018_06 bachelor thesis

o 2017

| 2016 _07-08, 2017 _07-08, 2018 _07-09 internship at Rusina Frei architekti, Prague

|| 2016 _12 internship at GL architekti, Prague

o 2016

o| 2015

| 2014 _09 began his studies at the Faculty of Architecture at CTU Prague

o 2014

| 2013 _08, 2014 _03 internship at Tomás Amat estudio de arquitectura in Alicante, Spain

o 2013

* 1994 _11_10 born in Prague

The former Prague slaughterhouse is a city within a city, with its own system of streets, squares and landmarks. The microcosm hidden behind the wall offers a unique urban experience. Yet its potential remains unfulfilled.

In this student project, the brief was to first deal with the overall urbanism of the entire compound, and then to design a specific in tervention that would support the urbanist concept. For my interven tion, I have decided to work with an existing building in the eastern part of the site, to which I have also added a new building.

I believe it is necessary to define a well-balanced combination of functions in order to create a viable organism that would beco me the meeting place for the entire quarter of Holešovice. I have assigned a function to each building and divided them into five categories (_a); •commerce, •service, •gastronomy, •culture and •sport.

My main goal was to make the urban design clear and easy to na vigate. I've removed unsuitable buildings and parts of the outer wall (_b), in order to widen the main entrances and create open views along the main routes (_c)

As the public spaces today remain undetermined, I propose several new buildings (_d) that would better define the two main squares between them. To replace the existing parking lots that I build on, I propose central underground parking underneath the square in the western part of the site.

Holešovice

Prague Old slaughterhouse

The proposed urban design makes the site more permeable and easier to navigate. That eventually results in a higher sense of social control and an overall feeling of safety.

One of the two proposed buildings is a new library with a lecture hall and a café. Its appearances are loosely based on the industrial looks of the original steel halls found in the former slaughterhouse.

The other intervention is a transformation of a former tannery from the early 1930's. I turn this abandoned structure into a sports centre with a gym and a climbing wall.

In order to build responsibly, the building's longterm use must be taken into account. Buildings for the 21st century must be variable enough to allow as many alterations of its future usage as possible.

The project brief was to develop a mixed-use block in a neglected but potentially lucrative part of Prague. The students had to coor dinate their projects with each other. My parcel is situated in an exposed corner of the block along the main road (_a)

I have decided not to specify the building programme. Instead, I wanted the layout to allow several different uses over time. I've placed emphasize on the variability of the design. The building's interior (including partitions) will be built by the end users according to their needs.

The layout is predetermined by a module with regularly distributed installation shafts (_b). This way, one floor can either be occupied by several independent users (_c), or on the contrary one user can occupy several floors at once (_d)

The building's smooth and extravagant interior contrasts with the raw and austere look of its facade.

I have set myself a goal to design a building that would be able to adapt to the current needs of its users, as well as to potential changes of usage in the long term.

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seventh floor

sixth floor

fifth floor

second - fourth floor

The ground floor together with the mezzanine contain commercial spaces. The upper floors are left deliberately undetermined; they can be used as apartments, studios or offices. In the top three floors, there is a spacious penthouse. Paking spaces are situated underneath the entire block, with a car ramp located below the proposed building.

roof detail

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floor window detail

typical window detail

facade section

The heavy facade is made of precast concrete panels that are supported by the main structure. The panels are anchored to reinforced concrete slabs by load bearing thermal break elements.

wire mesh shaft

precast staircase

frameless sliding window

precast concrete facade panel extruded polystyrene

steel railing

frameless fixed window railing anchor

load bearing thermal break element

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facade element model 1:100 | coloured polystyrene

facade element model 1:20 | concrete

facade element model 1:20, back side | concrete

The materiality and proportions of the facade were tested throughout the entire design process on working models.

Czech centre Taipei

I want the Czech centre to feel distinctive and confident, but with respect and humility towards its host country. I want it to invite its participants to actively stengthen the two countries' relations.

In my diploma thesis, I have dealt with the topic of representative architecture of diplomatic missions. The Czech centre and consulate in Taiwan attempts to bring the two countries closer together by creating common grounds for cultural and economical exchange.

I wanted the proposal to be fully integrated into Taipei's urban structure. The typical Taiwanese typology consists of long and narrow houses divi ded by courtyards, densely stacked next to each other. However, in the past twenty years, a foreign typology has become popular - the tower.

As old narrow houses are being torn down and new towers are being put up, the city becomes more heterogenous and disparate. While Tai pei's unregulated heterogeneity might seem exciting at first, if this trend continues, it will come to the point where the city loses its identity.

For my project, I have chosen an L-shaped gap site (_a) in the historical Wanhua district. To provide shelter form sun and rain, all houses along the main streets form typical arched passageways. Apart from the street arcades, my project also offers a new public internal passageway (_b) The building programme consists of three main parts; the Consulate of the Czech republic, the Czech cultural centre and a restaurant, all of which have their own staircase and lift cores (_c).

While it was important for me to respect Taiwanese urbanism, I also wanted the project to be typically Czech in its aesthetics. I have found inspiration in a uniquely Czechoslovak style called rondocubism (in Czech context also known as the national style).

Even though today it is considered a left-turn in modern architecture that only lasted for a few years in the 1920's, I believe it is still relevant for its attempt to construct a new forward-thinking identity that would also reflect the nation's traditions. That is just as important today, as we try to look into the future, while at the same time understand where we are coming from.

Facing the historical street, there is a restaurant and the Czech cultural centre with its library and art gallery. The centre is accessible from a public passage.

The consulate entrance is situated in the building's exposed corner. The upper floors are intended as appartments for the office workers and the consul's family.

The facade is inspired by Czechoslovak "rondocubism". The 1920's style attempted to represent the newly formed state by taking inspiration from Slavic folk motifs. Its key elements are cirucar and semi-circular shapes and distinctive use of national colours; red, white and blue.

Example of a rondocubist facade | residential building at Milady Horákové 54, Prague, 1920's

Pardubice crematorium | Pavel Janák, 1921-23

The gallery spaces are illuminated by skylights and glass walls. The light enters the walls through gaps, as I keep distance from the neighbouring buildings.

ground floor

fourth floor first floor top view

second floor

third floor

second underground floor

first underground floor

north elevation

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cross section

Because of the absence of thermal insulation, the load-bearing structure becomes the symbolical facade. Its shaped walls are precast with the help of a simple modular formwork.