Sunny weather and an attractive program attracted dozens of participants to the Jablonec part of the Architecture Day festival throughout the weekend. This year's third edition expanded to forty-one cities across the country. In Jablonec, the vibrant three-day program offered a lecture, a discussion, an exhibition, a bike ride, and a film screening.

Everything kicked off on Friday, October 4, with a lecture by architecture theorist Lucie Stejskalová, who presented her upcoming book on urban strategies, "Thinking City". Using examples from various cities worldwide, she outlined the journey these cities have taken from identifying a crisis to finding a strategy and successfully implementing it. The lecture was also the tenth part of the Printed Architecture series, which has regularly taken place at Vladimír’s bookshop Serius since last October, focusing on books and texts by architects about architects and architecture.

The main part of the Jablonec Architecture Day program was a Saturday panel discussion on urban strategies. Approximately fifty visitors took the opportunity to view Jablonec from a different perspective. Thanks to the accommodating attitude of Palmer Capital, which owns the building of the former telecommunications company, a unique panoramic view was revealed from the unused rooftop terrace. Four guests also shared their perspectives on the city. The theorist Lucie Stejskalová highlighted the most important points from her Friday lecture in her presentation. The ambitious vision and detailed strategy of the small South Bohemian town of Vodňany was presented by the town's deputy mayor, Pavel Janšta. Social geographer Michaela Pixová defined the role of social scientists in searching for concepts and critically pointed out dangerous trends in urban development. Jablonec's deputy for development, Petr Vobořil, also accepted the invitation to discuss the Jablonec strategy and the city's direction.
During and after the debate, visitors could view the exhibition "Urban Interventions Jablonec nad Nisou 2013" in a one-time reprise, which took place in June at the Upper Square and presented forty proposals to improve various places in the city.

The sunny weather on Sunday was favorable for the program, and about thirty cyclists departed from the Upper Square for a bike ride aimed at uncovering the potential and weaknesses of the cycling infrastructure, as well as presenting remarkable buildings and characteristic views. The most impactful experience was likely the visit to a new hillside house designed by architects Ján Stempel and Jan Tesař. Thanks to the owner's generosity, visitors had the opportunity to examine both the exterior and interior of the building and ask technical and operational questions. A surprise in the program was, again due to the owner's willingness, an unusual view from the roof of the Camée building.
Similar to last year, the program was enriched with a film screening. The Jablonec premiere of the new Danish documentary "Human Scale" concluded Architecture Day at the Junior cinema. Following the screening, there was a discussion lasting more than an hour about cities, their public spaces, and particularly about Jablonec, its challenges, and problems.

The Architecture Day festival has been organized for the third year by the civic association Kruh. In response to its call, architects, historians, and other personalities or groups in cities across the country and beyond prepare themed walks and events focused on architecture and the spaces around us. This year, the organization of the Jablonec program took place for the first time under the auspices of the emerging Jablonec association PLAC (Platform for Landscape, Architecture, and Culture), which aims to cultivate the public space of the city and landscape. The next PLAC event will be on November 1, 2013, the 11th part of the Printed Architecture series, featuring reviews by Adam Gebrian for the popular newspaper.

Organized by: Civic Association Kruh
Under the auspices of: Czech Chamber of Architects
Organized by: Association PLAC
Supported by: Statutory City of Jablonec n. N. and Eurocentrum Jablonec n. N., Palmer Capital, Vladimír’s bookshop Serius, IUCH architecture, State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic, Czech Architecture Foundation, Sipral a.s., Metrostav a.s., Konsepti s.r.o., MDA Praha s.r.o.,