Kaplického is recalled by a model of the tower in front of the Salmovský Palace
Prague - A four-meter model of the tower reminds of architect Jan Kaplický in front of the Salm Palace in Prague's Hradčany district. The conceptual project Tower Biennale was created in 2002 for the Venice Biennale of Architecture. The National Gallery Prague commemorates the ten years that have passed since Kaplický's death this January. Tereza Ježková from the gallery informed ČTK about this. The model is expected to remain there until the end of August next year.
"In 2002, Jan Kaplický was invited by the curator of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Deyan Sudjic, to create a conceptual project for the tower. Kaplický and his architectural studio Future Systems designed a ten-story inclined tower as a new type of urban building. The unique aerodynamic shape with an opening that reduces wind pressure represents a four-meter model in the courtyard of the Salm Palace," stated curator of the architecture collection at the National Gallery Prague, Helena Doudová.
The model, made from a fiberglass self-supporting shell with a lacquered acrylic surface, was created in 2016 for the collection of the Prague Property Management, with Václav Skala as the donor.
Jan Kaplický (1937-2009) was a prominent architect who worked in Britain since his emigration in 1968. In 1979, he founded the studio Future Systems in London. Some of the most significant buildings designed by Kaplický's studio include the Selfridges department store in Birmingham, the NatWest Media Centre in London, and the Enzo Ferrari Museum.
For the Czech Republic, Kaplický designed the National Library building in Letná (2007), which sparked significant controversy, as well as the Antonín Dvořák concert hall in České Budějovice. Neither building has been realized to date. Kaplický died suddenly on January 14, 2009, in Prague, coincidentally on the day his daughter was born. He was 71 years old.
"In 2002, Jan Kaplický was invited by the curator of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Deyan Sudjic, to create a conceptual project for the tower. Kaplický and his architectural studio Future Systems designed a ten-story inclined tower as a new type of urban building. The unique aerodynamic shape with an opening that reduces wind pressure represents a four-meter model in the courtyard of the Salm Palace," stated curator of the architecture collection at the National Gallery Prague, Helena Doudová.
The model, made from a fiberglass self-supporting shell with a lacquered acrylic surface, was created in 2016 for the collection of the Prague Property Management, with Václav Skala as the donor.
Jan Kaplický (1937-2009) was a prominent architect who worked in Britain since his emigration in 1968. In 1979, he founded the studio Future Systems in London. Some of the most significant buildings designed by Kaplický's studio include the Selfridges department store in Birmingham, the NatWest Media Centre in London, and the Enzo Ferrari Museum.
For the Czech Republic, Kaplický designed the National Library building in Letná (2007), which sparked significant controversy, as well as the Antonín Dvořák concert hall in České Budějovice. Neither building has been realized to date. Kaplický died suddenly on January 14, 2009, in Prague, coincidentally on the day his daughter was born. He was 71 years old.
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