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SMÍCHOV SCHOOL
OPEN TWO-PHASE PROJECT ARCHITECTURAL ANONYMOUS AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR A DESIGN OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL
BRIEF
The subject of the competition is the design of a primary school with a capacity of 2 x 9 classes and two preparatory classes, caretaker’s flat and dining and sports facilities, including its integration into the newly emerging urban structure in the Prague district of Smíchov at the point of the intersection of the streets Nádražní and U Železničního mostu.
COMPETITION AREA
The competition site (part of the development area Smíchov City) is defined from the north and the west by a future pedestrian zone combined with urban parks, compensating for the physical barrier formed by the embankment of the rail viaduct at the southeast edge. To the south, it will be adjoined by an administrative-commercial complex that is now the assignment for another competition.Part of the ideas for the new school include the section of the pedestrian zone adjoining the school and the park abutting the school from the north – affected areas. Bearing in mind that both public spaces are in the phase where their concepts can be altered, it makes sense that they should, if necessary, take into account the relation to the future school.The sole road access to the school will be the maintained road connecting Radlická street and Nádražní street.
The essential limit for the competition site as well as for the actual school design is the route of the future rail tunnel running under the southeast section of the plot. For the competition, this means that no part of the school building may be planned above the tunnel; the area, though, could be used as a sports field.
SMÍCHOV CITY
Smíchov City is a development project by Sekyra Group Real Estate – stretching from the Na Knížecí bus station to the rail station Smíchovské nádraží. In the area of Smíchov City and its adjoining development localities, we can assume in upcoming years dynamic construction growth that will place significant demands on providing technical and particularly civic infrastructure. To meet the capacity for primary schooling, the district of Prague 5 is announcing the competition “School Smíchov”.
VISION OF THE SCHOOL
The new school should provide innovative suggestions not only for its own pedagogic activity but offer intriguing possibilities for the rest of the period that the children (and not only they) spend inside the building – the overall organisation of space, the original planning of specialised classrooms, or the conception of spaces for class breaks, the lunch hour, and areas for post-school activities or clubs. In addition, it should address the contact with the outdoor environment – with public parks and with the school sports grounds.
The building should allow for meetings and social actions of the entire school in a separate auditorium or a central communication space that can be variably usable for these purposes. The building should be conceived so as to contribute to community life in the new district, allow for organisation of afternoon clubs and sports activities, as well as for holding events outside of the school framework. For sports clubs and recreation activity, the outdoor sporting grounds should be kept free for full use in afternoon and evening hours.
SCHEDULE
Deadline for the submission of the proposal – electronically:
4 May 2018, 5 pm CET.
AWARDS
Prizes and sketching fee
1st prize: CZK 900 000
2nd prize: CZK 600 000
3rd prize: CZK 400 000
sketching fee: 3 x CZK 200 000
FEES
without registration fee
JURY
dipl. Arch. Anne Uhlmann http://www.burarchitekten.ch/
Ing. arch. David Tichý, Ph.D. http://www.unitarch.eu/
dipl. Arch. Gianni Cito https://www.mokearchitecten.nl/
Ing. arch. Boris Redčenkov http://www.a69.cz/
Ing. arch. Kamila Amblerová http://www.ka-architekti.cz/
Ing. arch. Ondřej Píhrt https://s-o-a.cz/
Ing. Pavel Richter (MČ Praha 5)
Ing, arch. Zuzana Hamanová (MČ Praha 5)
Mgr. Vít Šolle (MČ Praha 5)
Bc. Martin Damašek (MČ Praha 5)
JUDr. Tomáš Homola (MČ Praha 5)
WEBSITE
http://cceamoba.cz/en/skola-smichov/
