Article source: Pavel Hnilicka Architects+Planners

The house knowingly presents itself as a metropolitan building with fixed street line. Facades with open parterre make these buildings a natural part of the street. Together with the alleyway they create a pleasant city environment, in which wide pavements are a necessity.

There are only several houses of this type in this part of the Holešovice district in Prague, dating back to the turn of the 19^th and 20^th centuries. They stand out like ruins after bombardment. Insensitive interventions from the era before 1989, namely transport infrastructure projects, have nearly destroyed the urban character of the area.

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• Architects: Pavel Hnilicka Architects+Planners
• Project: Student House
• Location: Holesovice, Czech Republic
• Authors: Pavel Hnilička, Marek Řehoř
• Co-operation: Jana Kafková, Lucie Cutáková, Petr Bočan, Antonín Topinka
• Project of the construction part: Metrostav Prague
• Client: Karlín Group
• Built-up area: 2 507 m²
• Gross floor area: 16 446 m²
• Number of rooms: 539
• Capacity: 675 persons
• Project: 2015
• Realization: 2020

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