Architect in Practice : atakarchitekti

In the winter semester of 2016, as part of the course 'Architect in Practice' designed for 2nd-year MSP students, a series of lectures by Czech, Slovak, and foreign architects will take place at the FA VUT in Brno. On Thursday, November 3, 2016, at 5:00 PM, founding members of the Liberec studio atakarchitekti, Jiří Janďourek and Jana Medlíková, will speak in room A118. The course is open to all interested parties at the faculty and the general public.

Jiří Janďourek (*1975 Liberec) studied Grounded Building Architecture at FS VUT in Brno (1998) and FUA TUL in Liberec (2006). From 1997 to 2006, he worked in the studios SIAL, Valbek, studio Artikl, and atelier David. In 2005, he co-founded the studio janďourek – medlíková architekti with Jana Medlíková. Since 2006, he has been an expert assistant at FUA TUL in Liberec. Since 2010, he has been running the joint studio atakarchitekti with Jana Medlíková.

Jana Medlíková (*1976 Jičín) studied architecture at FA VUT in Brno (2002), worked at the Liberec atelier David (2002-06), has been collaborating with Jiří Janďourek since 2005, with whom she founded the studio atakarchitekti in 2010. Since 2012, she has been a member of the Committee for Development and Urban Planning of the city council of Liberec.

atakarchitekti (*2010 Liberec), also known as aťák, is an architectural studio founded in Liberec in 2010 by collaborating architects Jiří Janďourek and Jana Medlíková. We focus on architecture in scales ranging from custom furniture to interiors, new buildings, renovations, and urbanism. We provide comprehensive services from initial conceptual considerations, sketches, and models, through the project for zoning approval and building permit to the execution project including author supervision during construction. Our goal is to create authorial architecture that simultaneously contains the individuality of the client and the authenticity of the place. For us, architecture is not just about design; we often travel for architecture, write about it, teach, and strive to be civically active in this field.

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