~THIS IS THE NEW TOWN HALL DESIGN FOR THE DISTRICT OF BRNO NORTH ~
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~THE SUBJECT OF THE DIPLIMA THESIS IS THE FORMER CAVALRY BARRACKS BROWNFIELD MASTERPLAN AND THE NEW TOWN HALL FOR BRNO NORTH DISTRICT. THE BARRACKS REMAINED MINIMALLY INFRASTRUCTURED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. DURING FIRST SETTLEMENTS THE TERRITORY WAS ALREADY IN THE HANDS OF THE ARMY, THEREFORE CLASSICAL PRAGMATIC RECTANGULAR ARMY NETWORK OF LOW ELONGATED HALLS AROSE. BASIC IDEA OF MASTERPLAN SPATIAL COMPOSITION IS BASED ON THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA. THE BARRACKS AREA WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE IN THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURE, SO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MAINTAINS THE LOCAL BRUTALLY OTHOGONAL SPIRIT~
~THE AREA WAS DIVIDED INTO INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS OF 100X100 METRES AND ADJUSTED TO THE SURROUNDING URBAN STRUCTURE. THUS CREATED GRID AFFORDS VAST POSSIBILITIES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS: BLOCK AND AXIS. THE COMPOSITION VARIATION TAKES PLACE IN A NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION. SOUTHERN SPACES TOWARDS THE INNER CITY, UNIVERSITY ZONE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT HUB ARE DESIGNED FORMAL. ON THE NORTH SIDE INFORMAL GARDENS AND PARKS PREVAIL. THESE TWO TYPES OF PUBLIC SPACES ARE GRADUALLY CHANGING IN EACH OTHER AND THUS CREATE ONE URBAN COMPLEX. THE SCALE OF BUILDINGS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THIS. FROM THE NORTHERN SIDE SMALLER HOUSING SOLITAIRES WITH A VAST GREEN PUBLIC SPACE. TYPICAL CITY BLOCK STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE. LOOSER DENSITY PUBLIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS WITH HEIGHTH GRADUATION SOUTH~
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THE PLOT IS LAYING ON A RELATIVELY FLAT AREA FACING THE CITY CENTER DIRECTION THROUGH A STEEP ZÁBRDOVICE SLOPE, SO THERE ARE NO VISUAL BARRIERS AND THE ZÁBRDOVICE CITY PANORAMA IS TOTALLY EXPOSED.
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~THE INITIAL IDEA IS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THE OVERALL MASTERPLAN CONCEPT. THE TOWN HALL PLOT IS DESIGNED SIGNIFICANTLY INTROVERTELY AND I WORK HERE WITH THE INVERSE CONCEPT GIVEN TO THE OVERALL MASTERPLAN. NOT COMPOSING VOLUME IN A GIVEN PLOT BUT COMPOSING SPACES IN A GIVEN VOLUME. ADVANTAGE OF THIS TREATMENT IS A COMPACT MASS VERSATILITY DUE TO TIME TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SURROUNDINGS, WHICH IS CRUCIAL IN SUCH VAST SITE DEVELOPMENT~
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CONCEPT THE MASS OF THE TOWN HALL FILLS THE WHOLE FIELD OF A GRID AND CREATES FRONT / BACK FOR ALL PUBLIC SPACES AND AXIS AROUND. THE TOWN HALL IS NOW A SIMPLE ADDITION TO A PUBLIC SPACE.
BY LIFTING THE TOWN HALL MASS UP, THE BUILDING BECOMES A DIRECT COMPONENT OF THE PUBLIC SPACE.
WORKING WITH THE VERTICAL INTEGRATION OF AN URBAN PARTER TO THE BUILDING INTERIOR, THE TOWN HALL BECOMES A SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC SPACE ABLE TO LIVE ITS OWN LIFE NOT DEPENDED ON A DAY OR WEEK PERIOD.
BY CHARACTERIZING, HIERARCHY AND SHAPING THE TYPE OF ATRIUMS, PUBLIC SPACES ARE BECOMING UNIQUE. MASS REDUCTIONS ARE DESIGNED AS INTERIOR SKYLIGHTS, EXTERIOR TERRACES, OUTDOOR ATRIUMS, OR AS SPECIFIC CELL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS AUDITORIUM OR STUDY
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