The Open House Prague Festival will open 101 buildings and spaces in May
April 6, 2022 • 10:07 AM
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“We open the door not only for modern buildings with various types of quality awards and environmentally friendly technologies, industrial, but also unique in the world, iconic buildings that represent the historical and cultural wealth of Prague. We uncover unknown and hidden cultural realizations of excellent architects, artists and craftsmen, as well as forgotten stories of builders, owners or their descendants,“Says festival director Andrea Šenkyříková.
Open House Prague is designed for the general public and the organizers are also involved in the preparation examinations for people with disabilities, families with children whose foreigners living in Prague for a long time. “The festival is primarily a community project and we want everyone to be able to enjoy it. We also welcome volunteer enthusiasts who want to help open the city to all. Without them, the event would not have taken place to such an extent, “ supplied by Andrea Šenkyříková. Do volunteer program anyone can get involved, regardless of age, nationality or profession. Applicants will find the application here.
April 5, 2022 • 15:22
Anniversary of the Plečnik – Ullmann – Janák trio
This year’s program is dedicated to commemorating the birth of several important architects working in the Czech Republic. Slovenian architect and urban planner Jože Plečnik celebrated in January this year 150 years from birth. On this occasion, it will be possible to see the main nave, the underground crypt and the lower part of the tower with an annotated explanation Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Vinohrady, one of the most remarkable sacral buildings in the Czech Republic.
The organizers also paid attention to personalities Vojtěch Ignác Ullmannwhich is a representative of the so-called Czech Neo-Renaissance and it will pass since his birth in April 200 years. “We invite you to visit a magical family Villas Lanna in Bubeneč, which was established as a summer residence for an industrial entrepreneur, collector of artistic monuments and patron Vojtěch Lanny Jr. People will look into the historical halls of the first Prague Novoměstské sokolovnythey will be able to admire the white-red sgraffito decoration and interiors of the former Higher girls’ schools in Vodičkova Street or take a look at Ullmann’s last realization in Prague, the building Czech Polytechnics on Charles Square, where it is located today Faculty of Mechanical Engineering CTU in Prague“ says Andrea Šenkyříková.
It was the same in March 140 years since the birth of the architect Pavel Janáktherefore, buildings from its various periods of life are represented in the program, such as Club house of the Autoclub of the Czech Republicfunctionalist EA Hotel Juliš On The Venceslav’s square, Adria Palace in the style of the so-called national style or the constructivist object of Vinohrady Hus Choir with an unmissable bell tower.
March 29, 2022 • 17:16
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The Open House Prague program offers a total of 26 newswho are joining the festival for the very first time. People can visit architecturally interesting and often commonly accessible buildings iv remote parts of Prague such as Zbraslav, Modřany or Komořany. It will be recently completed Prague 12 City Hall, the premises of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute in Komořany Castle and its surroundings or newly renovated community center Klubovna Zbraslav in the place of the former laundry by architects from the Projektil studio. “We considered the involvement of Zbraslav several years ago, and I am glad that we finally managed to find more interesting objects in this locality. I recommend stopping in the former Zbraslav bell tower, where the Manoušek family cast bells for many Prague churches, including, for example, the Church of the Sacred Heart of the Lord or the Hus Choir in Vinohrady. Unfortunately, the family tradition has not been revived after the early years of 2002, but those interested will learn a lot of interesting information about his craft directly from Mr. Manoušek. “ approaches Andrea Šenkyříková.
New features include the newly renovated Technology Center UMPRUM Mikulandská with generous spaces and above-standard facilities for students, new building Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics CTU in Prague on the Dejvice university campus with an unmissable pneumatic facade or one of the largest and most important monuments among functionalist architects in Prague – the former seat of the Prague Electrical companiestoday Bubenská 1. At the time of its creation, the large palace was a symbol of the coming new era, modern architecture and progress. “People can see how the aesthetic appearance of the generous representative office building and the valuable details of the period’s technical solution have been maintained after the recently completed and, in addition, award-winning reconstruction from the TaK Architekti workshop,” supplied by Andrea Šenkyříková.
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March 29, 2022 • 5:23 PM
Invitation to the international festival Open House Worldwide
The Prague Open Day is part of international festival network World Open Daywhich take place in 50 cities Worldwide. AGAINST Saturday, April 9, 2022 to be made second joint online event with subtitle Housing and people. virtual 12-hour worldwide open day (OHWW) The festival will include live tours of innovative housing projects from cities across the world’s continents, such as Dublin, Lagos, London, Melbourne, New York, Oslo, Prague, Taiwan, Valencia, Vienna and more. The festival will be broadcast online in English from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), in our time zone from 8 to 20 hours on Youtube channels.
Prague Open Day at the OHWW Festival Prague housing estate Ďáblicewhich is today one of architecturally most valuable in the Czech Republic. Although the urban concept proposed in the 1960s is based on modernist ideas, it does not really give up that of a traditional city with streets and squares. “You will find various types of prefabricated apartment buildings, a large amount of greenery today and a number of civic facilities, such as shops, schools and cultural centers. The appearance of individual buildings is also exceptional, which, thanks to various architectural details, are not as uniform as in other housing estates. Today, the works of art that decorate its public spaces will also arouse considerable interest. “ says the architect Ondřej Tučekwho will be the guide video input transmitted from 10 hours live from the roof one of the devil’s panel houses. Ondřej Tuček is the grandson of Viktor Tuček, who was the chief architect of the Ďáblice housing estate in 1967–1982. He himself lives in Ďáblice and is actively involved in the debate on the future development of this unique urban ensemble. More transfer information available here.
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