In Brno, they want to breathe new life into the Koliště park Company News Brněnská Drbna
In the future, the Brno park Koliště, which is located in the center of the Moravian metropolis, should be more representative and friendly. Architects now have the task of finding a way to change for the better. The city commissioned them to develop proposals for the design of the park and the surroundings of the House of Arts.
Brno plans to announce a landscape and architectural competition next year, which will be prepared by the Office of the Architect of the City of Brno (KAM). The task is to create a representative space and process the proposal so that, according to him, the developer of project documentation is selected, to which the city will subsequently be awarded a contract for the reconstruction of areas covering more than 20,000 square meters.
“The proposed procedure should divide the modifications of the entire area into stages so that it is possible to individually and without restriction the foreground of the House of Art and Koliště I Park.Described the Brno councilor for spatial planning and development Philip He hurried (KDU-ČSL).
The management of the town hall estimates the cost of the architectural competition at 1.5 million crowns. The project will also include the modification of the space around the functionalist building of the House of Arts on Malinovského náměstí. The history of the building dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. Bohuslav Fuchs imprinted the current functionalist form in a war-damaged building in 1946.
“The last major reconstruction took place in 2009, but even that did not include the modification of its – for the entire period of the building’s unconceptually designed – forecourt, although the author of the reconstruction, Petr Hrůša, was considering a change in the anteroom. I believe that its future new arrangement will emphasize the importance of the House of Arts as an open and unconventional Brno institution, “Added the councilor for culture Marek Fisher (Pirates).