The exhibition Contemporary Czech House: Through the Eyes of Young Architects and Contemporary Czech and Polish House

Tomáš Hanák (FA ČVUT) - award
Jakub Heidler, Michal Gabaš (FA ČVUT) - award
Juraj Biroš, Matúš Pajor (FA ČVUT) - award
Martina Mlčochová and Patrik Bílý (VŠB-TU FAST Ostrava, Department of Architecture) - award

Tomáš Čech

Tomáš Čech

The jury appreciated the complexity of the design represented by the purity and variability of the layout, the moderation of the spatial concept, the use of simple shapes and materials, and above all, the ability to view the building and the site as a whole in relation to the surrounding structure of development.








Tomáš Hanák
The jury appreciated the attempt to create a variation on the basic volumetric scheme with a modern expression.
Jakub Heidler, Michal Gabaš
The jury appreciated the play on the theme of a vertical house with minimal built and usable space.
Juraj Biroš, Matúš Pajor
The jury appreciated the economical, yet functional layout and the effort for a modern shape language.
Martina Mlčochová, Patrik Bílý
The jury appreciated the innovative spatial solution in an archetypal volume.

Director of the Department of Urban Planning Ministry for Regional Development Martin Tunka

The subject of the competition Contemporary Czech House: Through the Eyes of Young Architects is the processing of a competition proposal for a family house for a four-member family. The purpose is to find an architectural solution to current demands that would reflect the national specifics of historical and modern residential architecture. The competition was announced in close cooperation with Czech faculties of architecture in Brno, Liberec, Ostrava, and Prague.
The competition takes place within the framework of the international project Contemporary House: Through the Eyes of Young Architects, which involves architecture students from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia and aims to confront and mutually compare the youngest architectural creations, reflecting current issues of individual housing and lifestyle. The outputs of the project should provide a view for the future of family housing in the 21st century. The winners of the competition from each of the four countries will participate in an international workshop in May 2012 in Debrecen, Hungary, followed by a conference and an exhibition of villa architecture of the Visegrad countries in Brussels in 2013.

The project was supported by the European Culture program (2007 – 2013) and the International Visegrad Foundation. It takes place under the auspices of the Minister for Regional Development of the Czech Republic Kamil Jankovský, the Mayor of the City of Prague Bohuslav Svoboda, and the Mayor of the Prague 6 district Marie Kousalíková. The media partners are Czech Radio and the web portal for modern architecture archiweb.cz.

The project is organizationally provided by the artistic agency Foibos, which has long been engaged in architectural themes. It has published a number of books documenting architectural heritage not only in its historical form but also as the most current contemporary works. The agency has organized approximately one hundred architectural exhibitions in the Czech and Slovak Republics, professional conferences, lectures, workshops, and programs specifically targeted at certain groups of recipients. In 2010, as the culmination of a larger project, exhibitions were prepared and publications were released on Famous Villas of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia and Famous Villas of Slovakia. This year, the agency launched the Via Villas project, supported under the Culture 2007–13 program, focused on the villa architecture of the Visegrad countries, particularly Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia.

Personnel Support for the Project:
• Dr. Oldřich Janota, conceptual creator of the project, long-term specialization in the area of residential architecture (e.g., conceptual creator of the projects Famous Villas, Famous Buildings, Kotěra Centre of Architecture), extensive experience with the organization of architectural competitions (Grand Prix of the Architects' Association).
• Mgr. Kristýna Jirátová, assistant, director of the Kotěra Centre of Architecture in Trmal's Villa, professional support for the year-round operation of the Kotěra Centre – exhibitions, lectures, research, postgraduate studies in Art History at FFUK.
• Doc. Ing. arch. Ján Stempel, international chairman of the competition, conceptual creator of the competition, personnel provision of the expert jury, educator of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague, extensive experience with architectural competitions (Grand Prix of the Architects' Association) and many awards in architectural competitions (e.g., 1st prize 1992 EXPO´92 for the exhibition pavilion in Sevilla).

The project takes place under the auspices of:
Minister for Regional Development of the Czech Republic Ing. Kamil Jankovský
Mayor of the City of Prague Doc. MUDr. Bohuslav Svoboda, Csc.
Mayor of the Prague 6 district Ing. Marie Kousalíková

This project was realized with financial support from the European Union. The content of the message is the sole responsibility of the author. The message does not represent the views of the European Commission, and the European Commission is not responsible for the use of the information contained therein.

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Marina Feltlová - project manager
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