In Brno, they are renovating the functionalist waiting room after years of decay

Brno - After many years of efforts and considerations, the city district of Brno-Central has begun to repair the dilapidated functionalist tram shelter at the Grain Market, which also included public toilets. With the support of the city council, they will pay 1.6 million Czech crowns for it. Since the idea of establishing a café there proved to be unrealistic, it will continue to serve as a shelter for travelers, said Deputy Mayor Jiří Švachula (ANO) in a press release. The stop is expected to be repaired by November.
    Discussions about the café and also about the public toilets lasted quite a long time. "However, there was a problem with water and sewage connections, and due to strict regulations, it would only be possible to operate the toilets at a very high cost," Švachula explained why the toilets, which were accessed via stairs on the side of the shelter, would not be renewed. "Unfortunately, communication with heritage conservationists was also underestimated earlier," Švachula added. The shelter is indeed a cultural monument.
    The repair and unconventional use of the stop was proposed four years ago by architects Tomáš Rusín and Ivan Wahla from the RAW studio. A year later, the city hall announced a poll on what kind of use people would envision. Last January, the city district bought the stop from the transport company for 39,550 crowns and had an archaeological survey conducted. "The shelter was in a state of emergency, so access to it had to be restricted," Švachula described.
    During the repair, the original structures will be preserved as much as possible, and the renewed shelter will precisely replicate the original design. The shelter was designed in 1926 by the then not even thirty-year-old architect Oskar Poříska. Among his notable buildings are the Convalaria House at the corner of Česká and Veselá streets and the Bishop's Gymnasium building.