Plzeň - transformation of the city: lecture series
Before the end of this year, a long-term lecture series focused on key urban planning topics, which are of lasting interest to local experts and the broader public in Pilsen, will kick off with two evenings—primarily addressing the possibilities for the transformation of selected areas of the city. The first part of the series will concentrate on the transformation of the area north of the Mže River. The highlight of the evening will be the master's thesis project "The Valley of the Mže River," which will be personally presented by its author, Josef Váně.
In this academic task, the architect focused on developing the relationship between the Roudná district and the adjacent landscape background, which he transformed into a city-wide park. The aim of his urban design was to answer four questions that he posed based on extensive and long-term research of the city of Pilsen: 1) How to utilize the potential of rivers? 2) Where to realize a missing city-wide park? 3) How to strengthen the core of the city? 4) How to expand the opportunities for development?
According to the author, the area with the greatest potential to meet these demands is located in the valley of the Mže River, which cuts through Pilsen. By studying the morphology and topography of the valley and the Roudná district, Josef Váně established a new boundary for the settlement and subsequently addressed the fundamental relationship between the landscape and the city. He divided the valley into a landscape axis following the direction of the Mže River and including the landscape background of the adjacent neighborhoods. This "green" axis and its solution fulfill the river's potential and the creation of a city-wide significant park. The second axis in the project is the urban axis, along which the valley—in the direction of the medieval core > Roudná > Northern Suburbs—previously exceeded urban development. The author expanded this "red" line, newly defined the boundary of the settlement towards the landscape, and clearly delineated two basic elements of urbanism—the public and private space.
Josef Váně meticulously composed the new district, opting against the usual solution where the structure is formed according to infrastructure. His composition is based on the morphological and historical contexts of the landscape and urban axis, fulfilling the demands and requirements of the 21st century using proven urban planning tools—the so-called first and second lines of urbanism.
Next year, additional episodes of the series are expected to follow this lecture, focusing on the so-called north-south transit through the city (the new routing of road I/27) and the "urbanization" of part of Karlovarská Street.
Admission to the event is 50 CZK, tickets will be available on-site and in advance.
The series is organized by the co-operative Pěstuj prostor with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic, and the Czech Architecture Foundation. It aims to support and promote interest among local experts and the broader public in architecture and the built and landscape environment of the city.
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In this academic task, the architect focused on developing the relationship between the Roudná district and the adjacent landscape background, which he transformed into a city-wide park. The aim of his urban design was to answer four questions that he posed based on extensive and long-term research of the city of Pilsen: 1) How to utilize the potential of rivers? 2) Where to realize a missing city-wide park? 3) How to strengthen the core of the city? 4) How to expand the opportunities for development?
According to the author, the area with the greatest potential to meet these demands is located in the valley of the Mže River, which cuts through Pilsen. By studying the morphology and topography of the valley and the Roudná district, Josef Váně established a new boundary for the settlement and subsequently addressed the fundamental relationship between the landscape and the city. He divided the valley into a landscape axis following the direction of the Mže River and including the landscape background of the adjacent neighborhoods. This "green" axis and its solution fulfill the river's potential and the creation of a city-wide significant park. The second axis in the project is the urban axis, along which the valley—in the direction of the medieval core > Roudná > Northern Suburbs—previously exceeded urban development. The author expanded this "red" line, newly defined the boundary of the settlement towards the landscape, and clearly delineated two basic elements of urbanism—the public and private space.
Josef Váně meticulously composed the new district, opting against the usual solution where the structure is formed according to infrastructure. His composition is based on the morphological and historical contexts of the landscape and urban axis, fulfilling the demands and requirements of the 21st century using proven urban planning tools—the so-called first and second lines of urbanism.
Next year, additional episodes of the series are expected to follow this lecture, focusing on the so-called north-south transit through the city (the new routing of road I/27) and the "urbanization" of part of Karlovarská Street.
Admission to the event is 50 CZK, tickets will be available on-site and in advance.
The series is organized by the co-operative Pěstuj prostor with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic, and the Czech Architecture Foundation. It aims to support and promote interest among local experts and the broader public in architecture and the built and landscape environment of the city.
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