Roman Koucký a Edita Lisecová: Plzeň a její příležitosti
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Public recording of the podcast "Is It Not Blowing from the West?" will introduce on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at the Semler Residence in Plzeň a pair of prominent figures of Czech architecture with Plzeň roots – architect Roman Koucký, professor at the Faculty of Architecture CTU, and architect Edita Lisecová, his long-time collaborator and also a research assistant in the school studio.
In an interview with Petr Klíma, both guests will present the works of the office koucky-arch.cz for Plzeň – primarily competition projects for the solution of the Southern City and the so-called inner city. Based on the second mentioned proposal, which became one of the two winning projects, Roman Koucký, with his collaborators, prepared an extensive – and subsequently unused – methodology for the preparation of a new city master plan. The only local realization of Koucký’s office will also be presented – the interior of the exhibition hall "13" of the West Bohemian Gallery in Plzeň. The conversation will also touch upon Koucký’s former role as chair in the jury of the competition for the new Plzeň fountain.
The interview will focus on opportunities that Plzeň has not yet utilized in its development, the reasons why it has not yet overcome the legacy of the urban planning of the previous regime, and the possibilities of how to change this situation. It will also bring closer some of the total 30 student projects that, under the guidance of both guests, tested some of these possibilities on the academic grounds.
Admission to the event, organized in cooperation with the West Bohemian Gallery in Plzeň, is 50 CZK. Tickets will be available on-site and in advance at Plzenskavstupenka.
Prof. Ing. arch. Roman Koucký graduated from the Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague, and until 1990 worked at the Project Institute for the Construction of the Capital City of Prague in the group of Martin Kotík. Simultaneously, he began to design independently and collaborated for several years with Martin Rajniš. In 1989, he became one of the founding members of the group “Golden Eagles” and a student and secretary of the "Golden School of Architecture". From 1990 to 1991 he served as a research assistant to Prof. Emil Přikryl at the School of Architecture AVU in Prague. In 1992, he co-founded the publishing house Zlatý řez, which has published numerous publications and, for over 30 years, has also published a magazine of the same name. Since 1997, Roman Koucký has been leading the atelier 1+xx at the Faculty of Architecture CTU – the atelier for the twenty-first century. In 2017, he was appointed professor; he is also the holder of the FA CTU medal and the gold Felber Medal of CTU. At the faculty, he was also a long-time member of the academic senate and the head of the Institute of Building Science.
In his own office koucky-arch.cz, together with Šárka Malá, he has developed more than 260 projects of interiors, houses – including the reconstruction of several historical buildings – and bridges. They have also designed and realized public spaces, urban studies, and master plans for more than 60 Czech cities. Roman Koucký is also the author of the overall methodology and basic theses of the Metropolitan Plan for Prague, which he led at Prague's IPR between 2012 and 2021 and received the Czech Architecture Award 2018 – Exceptional Achievement for it. He has written and edited about 15 books on architecture and urbanism. His works have been exhibited at many exhibitions and published in numerous places. He has received numerous Czech and foreign awards, including two Grand Prix from the Architects Association and two awards from the European Association of Steel Structures. For his extraordinary contribution to architecture, he received the Archiweb Award in 2003 and was awarded Architect of the Year in 2024.
Ing. arch. Edita Lisecová worked in the office koucky-arch.cz between 2001 and 2013 after graduating from the Faculty of Architecture CTU. She became a co-author of public space realizations, studies, and projects of various scales, including master plans. She has been collaborating with Roman Koucký since 2001 as a research assistant in the atelier he leads at FA CTU. At the faculty, she also coordinated Master’s studies and was a member of the academic senate. She has long collaborated with the Institute of Urbanism on research projects and regular conferences of Urbanism Inventory; she is also a successful co-director of several projects of the Higher Education Development Fund.
In an interview with Petr Klíma, both guests will present the works of the office koucky-arch.cz for Plzeň – primarily competition projects for the solution of the Southern City and the so-called inner city. Based on the second mentioned proposal, which became one of the two winning projects, Roman Koucký, with his collaborators, prepared an extensive – and subsequently unused – methodology for the preparation of a new city master plan. The only local realization of Koucký’s office will also be presented – the interior of the exhibition hall "13" of the West Bohemian Gallery in Plzeň. The conversation will also touch upon Koucký’s former role as chair in the jury of the competition for the new Plzeň fountain.
The interview will focus on opportunities that Plzeň has not yet utilized in its development, the reasons why it has not yet overcome the legacy of the urban planning of the previous regime, and the possibilities of how to change this situation. It will also bring closer some of the total 30 student projects that, under the guidance of both guests, tested some of these possibilities on the academic grounds.
Admission to the event, organized in cooperation with the West Bohemian Gallery in Plzeň, is 50 CZK. Tickets will be available on-site and in advance at Plzenskavstupenka.
Prof. Ing. arch. Roman Koucký graduated from the Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague, and until 1990 worked at the Project Institute for the Construction of the Capital City of Prague in the group of Martin Kotík. Simultaneously, he began to design independently and collaborated for several years with Martin Rajniš. In 1989, he became one of the founding members of the group “Golden Eagles” and a student and secretary of the "Golden School of Architecture". From 1990 to 1991 he served as a research assistant to Prof. Emil Přikryl at the School of Architecture AVU in Prague. In 1992, he co-founded the publishing house Zlatý řez, which has published numerous publications and, for over 30 years, has also published a magazine of the same name. Since 1997, Roman Koucký has been leading the atelier 1+xx at the Faculty of Architecture CTU – the atelier for the twenty-first century. In 2017, he was appointed professor; he is also the holder of the FA CTU medal and the gold Felber Medal of CTU. At the faculty, he was also a long-time member of the academic senate and the head of the Institute of Building Science.
In his own office koucky-arch.cz, together with Šárka Malá, he has developed more than 260 projects of interiors, houses – including the reconstruction of several historical buildings – and bridges. They have also designed and realized public spaces, urban studies, and master plans for more than 60 Czech cities. Roman Koucký is also the author of the overall methodology and basic theses of the Metropolitan Plan for Prague, which he led at Prague's IPR between 2012 and 2021 and received the Czech Architecture Award 2018 – Exceptional Achievement for it. He has written and edited about 15 books on architecture and urbanism. His works have been exhibited at many exhibitions and published in numerous places. He has received numerous Czech and foreign awards, including two Grand Prix from the Architects Association and two awards from the European Association of Steel Structures. For his extraordinary contribution to architecture, he received the Archiweb Award in 2003 and was awarded Architect of the Year in 2024.
Ing. arch. Edita Lisecová worked in the office koucky-arch.cz between 2001 and 2013 after graduating from the Faculty of Architecture CTU. She became a co-author of public space realizations, studies, and projects of various scales, including master plans. She has been collaborating with Roman Koucký since 2001 as a research assistant in the atelier he leads at FA CTU. At the faculty, she also coordinated Master’s studies and was a member of the academic senate. She has long collaborated with the Institute of Urbanism on research projects and regular conferences of Urbanism Inventory; she is also a successful co-director of several projects of the Higher Education Development Fund.
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