In Prague, they “copied” the famous Slovak gas station. The dispute was also resolved by the court
The gas station in the village of Matúškovo was created by the SAD studio eight years ago for the GAS company. The roof has the shape of three connected circles that support the slender columns. To some, the building resembles mushrooms, to some supported flying saucers, it has garnered recognition at home and abroad. The simple construction is made special by large numbers on stands and neons around their perimeter. The authors of the Slovak pump learned about the Prague pump by accident. “We know we were asked when our Prague petrol station will open,” architect Jaroslav Koza told ČTK about a building he did not know about during its construction.
The studio, through a lawyer, asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction. After it was delivered to the pump owner, Tived, the two parties met. “Today, due to an interim measure, the characteristic elements are temporarily obscured. They reacted quickly and we will try to agree, “said Koza. He is seeking the statement of the owner of the ČTK pump.
“It is legal that we must file a lawsuit within 30 days of the interim measure being issued. At the moment, we are trying to agree with the other party on the future of the whole case, it is now difficult to estimate, “said Kamila Vodrážková from the SAD studio.
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According to them, the optimal solution for architects would be if the construction was modified on the basis of the assignment defined by them into a form where it would not be completely interchangeable with the original GAS filling stations. Demolition of the building is a radical and extreme solution, which, according to architects, is rather out of the question.
“There are opinions as to why we can’t finish it, to make it end so that it looks like in Matúškov. That is not possible, the project is not ours from the beginning, there are also technical problems, “said Vodrážková. “Nevertheless, I think there are solutions that are not just purely destructive. They are still being discussed, “she added.
The key, according to her, is that the pump in Matúškov was designed to be part of the entire network of petrol pumps, it was supposed to be something like a company logo, a basic visual. “It damages not only our studio, but also the GAS company, which has a wide network of gas stations in Slovakia and it is possible that it will want to expand to the Czech Republic. At that moment, it would be both confusing and at the same time an essential element in the competition, “she added.
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