Urban Plan Kroměříž - competition results

The subject of the design competition was the preparation of an urban planning proposal for the basic strategy and concept of spatial development of the entire administrative area of the city of Kroměříž, including the concept of landscape arrangement and solutions to broader connections. The proposal had to respect the economic possibilities of the organizer.


Organizer: City of Kroměříž

Authorized representative of the organizer: Mgr. Jaroslav Němec, Mayor
Secretary of the competition: Mgr. Marta Černá


Regular members of the jury - dependent
Mgr. Jaroslav Němec, Mayor of the city
PhDr. Pavel Motyčka, Ph.D., Deputy Mayor of the city, Chairman of the Committee for Spatial Planning

Regular members of the jury - independent
prof. Ing.arch. Petr Hrůša
Ing.arch. Vojtěch Mencl
Prof. PhDr. Pavel Zatloukal

Substitute jury members - dependent
Mgr. Petra Fečková, Member of the City Council and Councilor
Jiří Kašík, Member of the City Council and Councilor

Substitute jury members - independent
Ing.arch. Jana Kaštánková

Invited experts: 
Ing. arch. Radmila Vraníková, Ph.D. 

Date of the competition: August 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016
Date of announcement of results: December 21, 2016
Number of submitted proposals: 3
Total prizes and awards: 580,000 CZK

1st prize: 300,000 CZK

Authors: Ing.arch. Michal Dvořák, Ing.arch. Ivan Gogolák, Ing.arch. Lukáš Grasse, 
Ing.arch. Petr Malý
Jury assessment: The concept of proposal No. 3 is not based solely on existing incomplete radial systems but notably uses tangential relationships; for example, along the existing railway to Kotojedy and the existence of D1. It thus connects to more realistic possibilities of land use. In the scheme of this system, the proposal leans more on what is given, allowing the city to develop through gradual and partial interventions. Thus, the city is directed towards development between the existing D1 and the abandoned railway line, with logical connections to industrial areas and other territories. It does not burden, for example, the territory by introducing additional transport constructions and leaves servicing of the territory and the industrial area between the Morava River and D1. It allows adjacent territories to be serviced by the mentioned tangent or possibly by a long-considered water channel project. The Morava River thus forms a natural boundary between industrial and predominantly residential quarters. The proposal further considers broader landscape connections, for example, by integrating the Hvězda Park, Bílanský Forest, and parts of the landscape regulated near Trávník, including the blind arms of the Morava. The concentration of these recreational areas to the south and southeast corresponds to regional and suburban relationships in the existing area.

2nd prize: 200,000 CZK
Authors: Ing.arch. Pavel Řihák, 
Prof. Ing.arch. Mojmír Kyselka CSc.
Jury assessment: Proposal No. 2 uses a standard radial circular transport system; however, the proposed circuits divide the character of the territory into a garden city and a compact city, a compact city and the core, and suburban landscape. In the place of the suburban landscape, the projected circular route closes the city with suggested avenues, thus almost not allowing the creation of a future transport system corresponding to yet unknown parameters. The proposal offers a methodological way of working with urbanized areas in an innovative manner by working with foci, locations, and other urban units. This positively transcends established functional zoning. Legally, it, however, means that this proposal needs to anticipate another future regulation even outside the city wall system. This method, nevertheless, encounters the radial circular system which is proposed, and which in this system is not and cannot be consistent (e.g. the route between the protected areas of the Psychiatric Hospital and the Květná Gardens is difficult to accept in the system of locations from the perspective of preserving the character of the area and heritage care). The proposal has remarkable methods of urban regulation at a less detailed scale thanks to the creation of foci, character, locations, etc.

Reward: 80,000 CZK

Authors: ARCHTEAM SPATIAL PLANNING Ltd. /
 Doc. Ing.arch. Milan Rak Ph.D., Ing.arch. Iveta Raková 

Collaborating individuals: Bc. Tomáš Sysel, Ing.arch. Mgr. Anežka Sedláková Ph.D.
Jury assessment: Proposal No. 1 presents a comprehensive urban solution that, however, presupposes a different significance and size of the city regardless of demographic development. The complexity corresponds to urban starting points of the Athens Charter and subsequent decades. The proposal is clear and understandable but limited by the above. It has the ability to recognize the fundamental problems but the basic conceptual reasoning is oversimplified and thus paradoxically complicated in view of the disproportion of many starting points and specific proposals. The ability to respond to unique conditions is reduced, especially considering the disproportionate scale of urban concepts and developmental interventions.

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