A new district with 3,500 flats should be built in Prague 9
A new housing development should be built near the O2 Arena in Prague. The state should have unused production halls on the site. The center of the development should be Emil Kolben Square. In addition to apartments, there should also be a school and technical center. Prague 9 itself will also take part in the creation of the new district, which plans to buy land from Howden ČKD Compressors.
The planned future appearance of the city district is proposed by an urban study prepared by the architect Jiří Řezák from the Qarta architecture studio. It is a roughly ten-hectare locality between Českomoravská, Freyova, Ocelářská and Lisabonská streets. Housing should be found here by new owners in about 3,500 flats, the construction of a kindergarten, school and technical center is also planned.
The new district should bear the legacy of the factory owner Emil Kolben and the technical tradition of Vysočany. There will also be an educational center focused on the popularization of science and modern technologies. The new square, which will serve as a meeting place for people, should then be connected to the area near the O2 Arena.
Brownfields now own six companies and several private individuals. Prague 9 wants to buy about 3 hectares. 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.
Personalities of Contemporary Architecture – Jiří Řezák and David Wittassek (Qarta architecture)
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