Prague plans to conclude an agreement for construction at the corner of Revoluční Street

Prague - The Prague City Hall plans to sign a memorandum with the company RSJ and Prague 1 regarding the planned construction of an apartment building at the corner of Lannova and Revoluční streets. The wording of the proposal was approved today by the city council and primarily concerns the solution for a heritage-protected building that the city hall owns next to the planned new construction. About a year ago, the developer selected the design of the planned building in a competition.

According to councilor Adam Zábranský (Pirates), the company needs an agreement with Prague for the construction because the project will also affect the neighboring baroque property owned by the city. A new publicly accessible passageway is set to be created in the courtyard with a shed, connecting Revoluční and Nové Mlýny streets.

The baroque house is currently used by the municipal company Pražské služby, which has offices, restrooms, and changing rooms for its employees there, and stores de-icing material in the shed in the courtyard. The city is also preparing the revitalization of the entire Revoluční street, and the goal of the memorandum is to coordinate both constructions. The proposal for the agreement will still be discussed by Prague 1.

Zábranský added that the city will negotiate with the company regarding the future of the municipal baroque house, with two options considered from the city hall's perspective. "One of them is that we would sell the baroque house to the investor under certain conditions. The second option is that it would remain the property of Prague, but the investor would use it long-term, make some repairs, and operate it based on an agreement," said the councilor.

At the end of March last year, the RSJ company presented the result of an architectural competition for the apartment building, in which the Parisian Studio Muoto and PEER from Brno succeeded with their design of the so-called floating house. The investor has been pursuing the construction at the end of Revoluční for many years; in 2013, they selected the design by architect Eva Jiřičná, which included the demolition of a devastated neo-Gothic building. In 2016, the scientific council of the general director of the National Heritage Institute opposed the demolition of the building, as did the Club for Old Prague. Subsequently, the investor withdrew from Jiřičná's design and decided to hold a public competition.