Most wants to change the city center, will prepare three architectural competitions

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Most - Most wants to change the city center. Three international architectural competitions will take place, with briefs developed in collaboration with the public. The project named SuperMost will focus on the former department store Prior, which the city hall bought some time ago, the city hall building, and revitalizing the city center. Residents, students, and entrepreneurs can participate. Three public meetings will now take place. The city hall informed about it on the website.

The city, which was built from scratch after the demolition of the medieval Most, wants to first find out what people wish for in the center, what activities they lack, and what values the city should reflect. The first meeting will take place on May 15th with entrepreneurs, a week later, associations, cultural and educational organizations will discuss the new form of the center, and on May 29th, professionals and the general public will engage.

A key role in the transformation of the center is played by the former department store Prior, which the city hall bought last year for 62 million crowns. It is here that the future of the city will be discussed. On June 5th, people can bring a chair, shelf, table, or flower to collectively inhabit the space. Students, parents with children, or seniors can join the team creating the project.

In October 2025, the city hall plans to hold an international conference focused on the revitalization of post-war architecture, activation of urban spaces, and the identity of transforming areas. The conference will offer space for meetings between experts and the general public and will facilitate discussions on inspiring examples from the Czech Republic and abroad. In the architectural competitions, the jury will select five to six teams in each round, whose proposals will be evaluated by experts in two rounds.

Now, builders are repairing the cultural house Repre in the center of Most. Experts and some citizens criticized that in this case, an architectural competition was not held before the start of the work.