The former slaughterhouse in Ostrava will be transformed according to a Polish design

Ostrava - The historical building of the former slaughterhouse in the center of Ostrava will be reconstructed according to the design of Polish architect Robert Konieczny and his studio KWK Promes. The contract for the preparation of the project documentation was signed today. This was announced by Mayor Tomáš Macura (ANO) on his Twitter account, and it was also confirmed by the spokesperson of the city hall, Andrea Vojkovská.

The city had previously stated that after signing the contract, the architect will have a thirty-day period to develop the project in more detail, after which the city plans to present his project to the public. In the future, the former slaughterhouse is expected to house the city gallery Plato Ostrava.

The Polish architect placed third in the architectural competition. However, the city could not agree on the terms of the contract with the winner of the competition, which was the Prague studio Petr Hájek Architekti, and the studio was eliminated from the process. Only the winning studio, which ultimately did not sign a contract, and the Polish architect expressed interest in the negotiation process without publication for the preparation of the project that followed the architectural competition. After unsuccessful negotiations with the winner of the competition, the city began discussions with him. The mayor stated that Konieczny is an architect of world-class stature. The studio that placed second did not submit its project for the negotiation process.

The city slaughterhouse was established in 1881. In 1994, the city district of Moravská Ostrava and Přívoz sold the two-hectare land along with the slaughterhouse building to the company Bauhaus for more than 38 million crowns. The company built its hobby market in close proximity to the slaughterhouse. However, the slaughterhouse fell into disrepair and was never renovated, and the store also ceased operations. The city struggled for a long time to regain the heritage-protected slaughterhouse, acquiring it last September. It paid 80 million crowns for it and the former Bauhaus store.