The architectural competitions aim to find architecturally high-quality, economically feasible, socially and environmentally sustainable architectural designs for each block of the development site Florenc21: Phase West. The key documents for the site coordinated development and the General Brief for all four competitions are “Site Regulation and Development Principles” and “Site Coordination”, both based on the master plan by the winning team of the Urban Design Competition Florenc21, held in 2021.
The winning team of the urban design competition finalised its design proposal in the document "Site Regulation and Development Principles" which serves as a guide for a gradual and coordinated development of the site and the basis for the ongoing change of the current zoning plan. It is also the key document in the ongoing negotiations about a planning agreement between the City of Prague and Penta Real Estate.
In 2021, an International Urban Design Competition Florenc 21 was held to identify the optimal urban planning approach to the Florenc transformation zone and its surroundings. From the three teams that were shortlisted for the Phase 2 of the competition, the jury selected the winner on December 1, 2021. The design by Team 24, consisting of UNIT architekti, A69 – architekti, and Marko & Placemakers became the winner. The winner of the competition was subsequently tasked with developing their design into a master plan with code elements, which would serve as a basis for amending the zoning plan and coordinating the regeneration process of the site.
Florenc is currently the largest brownfield site in the city center, situated approximately 1 000 m east of the Old Town Square, on the border of the New Town (Prague 1 Municipal District) and Karlín (Prague 8 Municipal District). Its character is shaped by transport infrastructure including Masaryk Railway Station, Florenc Central Bus Terminal, metro transfer station, and the north-south arterial road. The western part of the area, which is being addressed in four parallel architectural competitions, is defined by Na Florenci Street to the west, by Křižíkova Street to the north and by the railway line to the south.
The architectural competitions for the design of blocks in the Florenc21: Phase West area follows the public engagement process carried out during the International Urban Design Competition Florenc21. The public had the opportunity to influence the results of the urban design competition in two phases. In spring 2021, people’s perceptions of the values and problems of Florenc were collected through an online maptionnaire and in-person meetings at a infopoint in Florenc. In the autumn of the same year, a public consultation on the competition proposals took place.
Gabriela Šimůnková
ONplan
+420 737 359 925
questions@florenc21.eu
