⭐️ 2nd Prize

Awarded by the Czech Chamber of Architects

24th of October 2017

In cooperation with Ing.arch. Richard Zacpal, Ing.arch. Barbora Koprivova

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The proposed school building in Říčany redefines the existing unsatisfactory urban situation of the site by clearly completing the south-eastern edge of Komenský náměstí. It allows the square to stand out, divided by solitary houses in the middle into a representative front of the high school, an ornamental garden and an informal, residential meadow. A new piazzetta between the gymnasium and the school building forms a dignified entrance to the new building for future generations. The school's internal concept is based on a 'learning landscape', erasing traditional corridors, thresholds, boundaries and walls to create, through a large residence hall, a learning space that offers both grand and intimate spaces for learning and living.