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Finalisté představili své návrhy s využitím unikátní 3D simulace ve virtuální realitě
Praha, 5. dubna 2023 – V předposlední fázi soutěžního dialogu Nový Hlavák představili zástupci tří vybraných mezinárodních architektonických studií své pojetí revitalizace parku Vrchlického sady, novostavby tramvajové trati Muzeum – Bolzanova a úprav nové odbavovací haly Hlavního nádraží Praha. Členové hodnotící komise se seznámili s projekty zcela jedinečným způsobem ve virtuální realitě haly společnosti Virtuplex. Nyní nastává závěrečná fáze dopracování návrhů na základě komentářů hodnotící komise a přizvaných odborníků.
Během dvoudenního setkání (ve dnech 21. a 22. března) odprezentovali zástupci tří mezinárodních architektonických studií vybraných do finální fáze soutěžního dialogu Nový Hlavák své návrhy členům hodnotící komise. S využitím 3D simulace ve virtuální realitě a za pomoci speciálních brýlí umožnili porotcům „projít se“ návrhy a vidět zrekonstruované území z pohledu jeho budoucích návštěvníků. Nyní čekají finalisté z týmů Henning Larsen Architects A/S; re:architekti+baukuh+Yellow Office a Miralles Tagliabue EMBT S.L.P. + OCA architects Prague na zpětnou vazbu od hodnotící komise a spolupracujících odborníků. Následně dokončí své návrhy, ze kterých bude vybrán vítězný projekt.
„Přidanou hodnotou právě probíhajícího soutěžního dialogu je možnost diskutovat o návrzích. Projekty se tak vyvíjí i na základě poznatků vyvstalých až během procesu, což nám umožňuje odstranit případné nesrovnalosti ještě před finálním výběrem. Návrhy jsou díky tomu preciznější a kvalitnější. Zcela nový rozměr tomu dodalo využití 3D simulace ve virtuální realitě. V České republice se v této oblasti jednalo o přelomový krok a náš soutěžní dialog je úplně první, který této možnosti využil,“ komentuje poslední události předseda hodnotící komise Ing. arch. Jaroslav Wertig.
Pod názvem “Nový Hlavák” byl v květnu 2022 vypsán soutěžní dialog pro revitalizaci území kolem Hlavního nádraží, která se bude týkat Vrchlického sadů, odbavovací haly nádraží a výstavby nové tramvajové trati územím. Jedná se o společnou aktivitu hlavního města Prahy, Správy železnic a Dopravního podniku hl. m. Prahy. Do soutěžního dialogu se v červenci 2022 přihlásilo 26 architektonických týmů z Česka i zahraničí. Z nich bylo vybráno nejdříve pět a následně tři architektonická studia.
Díky rozsahu a komplexnosti projektu se kromě hodnotící komise složené ze závislé části (zástupců zadavatelů) a z nezávislé části (architekti, krajinářští architekti a historikové) prezentací a následné diskuse účastnili i přizvaní odborníci. Těmi byli další zástupci zadavatelů pro dílčí témata, například s ohledem na provoz a správu odbavovací haly, pronájmy, provoz a technologie metra a tramvají. Dále to byli odborníci na biotechnologie, modrou a zelenou infrastrukturu, participaci s veřejností, cyklodopravu, památkovou péči a další, včetně zástupců městských částí hl. města Prahy.
The evaluation committee selected three finalists of the Nový Hlavák dialogue competition
Prague, 23.12.2022 - The project of renovation of the New Terminal Hall of the Prague Main Railway Station, revitalisation of Vrchlického sady Park in front of it and planned construction of the tram line Muzeum – Bolzanova to the Main station has stepped into its next phase. The evaluation committee selected three international architectural teams and sent them to the next round of the competitive dialogue. Teams Henning Larsen Architects A/S, re:architekti+baukuh+YellowOffice a Miralles Tagliabue EMBT S.L.P. + OCA architects Prague, s.r.o. currently have time till March 2023 to create a proposal for the project.
The evaluation committee heard out the presentations of concepts of each studio which described the relation between the area and assignment during the two-day session. After each presentation a discussion of the teams and committee followed.
“I’m honoured to contribute to such a complex multi-disciplinary project that prepares a future image of Prague for the next decades. Evaluating architectural projects is a complicated matter and the opinions of each committee member can differ. I’m glad that we assessed different parameters and there was a space for discussion and negotiation to achieve the best outcome,”“ says the Head of the evaluation committee of the Nový Hlavák project Ing. Arch Jaroslav Wertig..
The next day, without the participation of the studios, the committee heard out the stances of invited experts. The discussion followed and led to the selection of three advancing architectural teams:
- Henning Larsen Architects A/S a Danish studio based in Copenhagen, caught the attention of the committee with their approach based on data and evidence which they use to prepare cities for a carbon-free future.
- re:architekti+baukuh+YellowOfficeThe consortium of the Czech architectural studio re:architekti, the Italian architectural studio baukuh studio associato and the Italian architectural studio Yellow Office di Francesca Benedetto.
- Miralles Tagliabue EMBT S.L.P. + OCA architects Prague, s.r.o.s.r.o., the Spanish-Czech consortium that attempts to connect different city structures sensitively in its past works.
“Presentations of each candidate were engaging, and the committee was very pleased by their level. It positively contributed to the atmosphere,” describes Ing. Petr Hofhanzl, the director of Construction Management West..
Thanks to the complexity and the extent of the project, not only did the evaluation committee consisting of the dependent part (representatives, contracting authorities) and independent parts (architects, landscape architects and historians) participate in the presentations and the following discussion but also the invited experts. They were other delegates of contracting authorities for topics like the operation of the New Terminal Hall, rents, operation of the tram and metro technologies. Furthermore, experts for biotechnologies, blue and green infrastructure, public participation, bicycle infrastructure and more – including the delegates of city districts.
Currently the teams have time till the beginning of March 2023 to create a proposal for the project of the New Terminal Hall of the Prague Main Railway Station. Then they will present them to the evaluation committee and will be completing them by the end of May 2023.
Further up-to-date information can be found on the website novyhlavak.cz.
Nový Hlavák – Expert Committee Selected Five Architectural Teams for the Next Stage of the Competitive Dialogue.
Prague, September 23, 2022
On the 13th and 14th of September, an expert committee session focusing on the approach methodologies of the registered teams took place. The committee session was a part of the Competitive Dialogue Procurement Procedure for the revitalisation of Vrchlického sady Park, new construction of the tramway line Muzeum – Bolzanova and the reconstruction of the New Terminal Hall of the Prague Main Railway Station. Out of the 26 entries, the committee selected five architectural teams which are advancing to the next phase of the competitive dialogue.
In June 2022, the competitive dialogue attracted 26 architectural studios from the Czech Republic and abroad, out of which 24 entered their approach methodologies and portfolios, which came under the scrutiny of the committee in September. During the two-day session 5 out of the 26 enrolled teams were selected for the next round of the tender procedure. The selected teams will introduce themselves to the public at an open session on October 7th from 7:00 PM on the campus of Prague’s CAMP. The introduction to the broad public will be held under the auspices of the representatives of the contracting parties and the expert committee.
The advancing architectural teams:
West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture B.V.
The landscaping studio West 8 was founded in 1987 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands by Dutch landscaping architect Adriaan Geuz. Currently, the studio consists of an international team counting more than 70 architects across three branches in Rotterdam, Brussels, and Philadelphia. In cooperation with additional studios, they penned the linear park Madrid Rio, in the Spanish capital following the Manzanares river. The park came to light by veiling several busy roads. The studio transformed London’s Jubilee Gardens near the London Waterloo station. Among other things, they have been involved in the design of the Rotterdam Centraal station and the winning competition design for the new main station in Brno.
Henning Larsen Architects A/S
The Danish studio was founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen. Today it has more than 750 employees. In 2013 the studio was awarded the Mies van der Rohe Award for its Harpa concert hall in Iceland´s capital Reykjavík. Two years later they designed a new town hall for the Swedish city of Kiruna, which is in the process of being transported in its entirety three kilometres to the east due to an expanding mining operation. The studio was involved in the transformation of Remiseparken in Copenhagen, for which they won the Danish Landscape Prize in the past year.
Chybik + Kristof + Civitas
(Consortium of Czech architectural studio Chybik+Kristof Architects & Urban Designers and American landscape studio Civitas)
Ondřej Chybík and Michal Krištof founded the architectural studio Chybik+Kristof Architects & Urban Designers in the year 2010. In three short years, they won the tender for the Czech pavilion for Milan´s EXPO exhibition. They are currently drawing up projects for a multifunctional hockey arena in Jihlava, a skyscraper in Ostrava, or the revitalisation of Mendl Square in Brno.
The president of Denver´s Civitas company is the world-renowned landscaping architect and urbanist Mark Johnson, whose long-term focus is the sustainable development of cities. Together with his team, they completed 500 projects in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In Brno, he cooperated on an urban study of a new district known as Jižní centrum.
re:architekti+baukuh+
(Consortium of Czech architectural studio re:architekti, Italian architectural studio baukuh studio associato and Italian architectural studio Yellow Office di Francesca Benedetto)
The Czech architectural studio re:architekti was founded in 2011 and its partners are Michal Kuzemenský, David Pavlišta, Ondřej Synek, Jan Vlach, and Jiří Žid. Their focus lies on public buildings. Currently, they are working on a project for a new school for Uhříněves district, or revitalisation of the Velké kino (The Great cinema) in Zlín. They prepared a conceptual study of the revitalisation of the entire transport hub at Prague´s terminal metro station Černý Most.
Italian architectural studio baukuh studio associato was nominated in the year 2017 for the Mies van der Rohe Award for the “House of Memory” archives in Milan. The Italian studio Yellow Office di Francesca Benedetto focuses on landscape architecture and urban planning. Both studios were involved in the competition-winning design for the new library in Milan this year.
Miralles Tagliabue EMBT S.L.P. + OCA architects Prague, s.r.o
(Consortium of the Spanish architectural studio Miralles Tagliabue EMBT S.L.P. and the Czech branch of OCA architects of the Spanish architectural studio OCA Arquitectos Barcelona)
Miralles Tagliabue EMBT is an architectural studio founded by Enrico Miralles and Benedetto Tagliabue in 1994 in Barcelona. Currently they are globally active and have offices in Paris and Shanghai. They designed the Santa Caterina market in Barcelona, the public spaces of Hafencity of Germany´s Hamburg and metro stations in Paris and Neapoli.
OCA architects Prague is the Czech branch of the Spanish architectural studio OCA Arquitectos Barcelona. It consists of a group of young architects, urban planners and designers currently participating in many competitions throughout Europe. In Prague, they are the brain behind the design of the currently constructed extension of the Kongresový palác (Prague Congress Centre).
How do the contracting parties and expert committee reflect on the session?
Chairman of the expert committee Ing. arch. Jaroslav Wertig shared his thought about the submitted methodological approaches and their ratings: “It isn´t entirely common to assess in a single competition such a multidisciplinary assignment and look for teams which will create a functional city space, redefine an important but problematic park, implement new transportation solutions and find an overarching urbanist approach respecting context, continuity, and community. It is less common that a roster of star architects and young local studios are peers in a competition. It is entirely uncommon that a committee consisting of such a diverse spectrum of expertise matches up. That´s why I´m very grateful, that the committee was able to achieve consensus and select five different, but high-quality approaches.”
Ing. Ondřej Boháč, Director of the Prague Institute of Planning and Development, added: "It was great to see the diverse approaches of the competing teams to the assignment, which aims to transform the gateway to the city and build on the upcoming transformations of Wenceslas Square, Florenc, Masaryčka and Těšnov. Prague needs Nový Hlavák like salt."
Ing. Jan Šurovský, Ph. D., Member of the Board of Directors, and Technical Director of the Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy – Povrch closes: "The competitive dialogue is a guarantee for us that a high-quality design of the planned tramway line will be suitably integrated into Vrchlické Sady and at the same time will fulfil the required transport function. The submitted approach methodologies have shown us that the teams take the task as a challenge and strive to meet the expectations of all contracting authorities."
Next milestone for the competitive dialogue will be the assessment of the architectural concepts in December 2022. The expert committee will choose three teams that will continue in the competitive dialogue and will develop their final designs in the first half of the year 2023.
Detailed information about the competitive dialogue and its schedule can be found on the website www.novyhlavak.cz, where we will introduce the individual teams.
Evaluation committee
