A new district with 3,500 flats should be built in the Prague 9 district near the O2 arena
10/19/2021 11:43 AM
Instead of unused production halls near the 02 Arena in Prague 9, a new district should be created. Its core should be Emil Kolben Square, apartment buildings, schools and a technical center should be built. Prague 9 wants to buy land from Howden ČKD Compressors and participate in the creation of a new district. The mayor of the ninth city district, Tomáš Portlík (ODS), told reporters on Tuesday.
The planned future appearance of the city district near the O2 Arena is proposed by an urban study prepared by the architect Jiří Řezák from the Qarta architecture studio. About 3,500 flats, a new primary and nursery school and an educational technical center should be built in the approximately ten-hectare localities.
“We have a chance to build a real city of short distances, which combine opportunities for living, work and entertainment,” said Portlík. Prague 9 has also prepared a survey for its citizens, where the inhabitants of Vysočany ask what type of civic amenities they lack the most and what could be on the planned Emil Kolben Square.
Brownfields now own six companies and several private individuals. Prague 9 would like to buy land of approximately three hectares from Howden ČKD Compressors. The town hall wants to negotiate with the owners of the surrounding lands so that they can follow the prepared urban study in the future use of these lands. This is to become the basis for a change in the zoning plan, which allows the reconstruction of the area with unused old factory buildings. According to its mayor, Prague 9 wants to be the one who will have a decisive say in the transformation of the territory and will directly manage the development of the locality.
Prague 9, which is still inhabited by 58,050 inhabitants, forming the cadastral area of Prosek and parts of the cadastral areas of Vysočany, Hrdlořez, Střížkov, Hloubětín, Libeň and Malešice.