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PART III 2013—2016 GINNING PART III 2013—2016GINNING PART T HE B E

www.archip.eu The school is developing greatly in scale, in complexity, and in scope. This year, we have more studios; more students; more advanced curricula; and we have more success! We have begun international projects with Dessau and Bergen. We have exchanged visits and visions, and we will collaborate next year on a joint project.

We have always based our urban studios in the reality of ’s urban development. This year, specifically, our attention was given to Karlín’s expanded cultural spaces, namely, its riverfront at Přístav 18600 and the unused urban spaces within the former Kasárna building.

We have experienced the complexities involved with realizing the 1:1 construction of our winning projects from the In(Cube)ator competition. Yet, finally, 2 of the winning ‘cubes’ will be built in Prague, while the ‘3:2’ staircase project will be built in the olympic village at Lipno. We are preparing the international summer workshop with international guests, including Victoria Garriga from Fundación Miralles and Jakub Cigler from Jakub Cigler architekti, which will include the participation of 20 students from a school in Shanghai, China among others. And we have organized an extra week of orientation for our students to get to know each other, and to encounter – probably for the first time – people from unknown, new places in the world. We continue with the Global AD studio, which is crowned this year with an experimental pavilion, “Distorted Horizon”. And we continue to foster our role within the cultural, educational and social life of - as well as to further our cooperation with the City of Prague. We salute Design Disco, for its activities and its successes! We are always happy to hear from our alumni, for their surprise visits, and for their desire – as is ours – to be in touch, even after graduation. We wish all our students, and our dear Graduates especially, great success and satisfaction!

Thank you and Congratulations!

Regina Loukotová Rector architectural institute in prague / archip The plan to found a truly international school of architecture in Prague originated around architects Martin Roubík (1949–2008) and Regina Loukotová.

ARCHIP started in the academic year 2011/2012. It is the only college of architecture in Central Europe to offer a complete 3-year Bachelor programme and a 2-year Master’s programme in Architecture and Urbanism – in English. The concept of teaching is based on putting architecture in the context of other disciplines. Previously neglected fields such as landscape design, urbanism, public space development or monument conservation are also studied.

The college promotes the use of architectural models, teamwork, presentation skills and debate.

The study programme is supported by many other activities, international contacts, events and public lectures, tours and summer workshops. ARCHIP benefits from being situated in Prague, the capital of the . This location offers students the opportunity to study and live in an environment whose architecture and urbanism have evolved for over a thousand years; from Romanesque architecture to modern and contemporary buildings.

Prague is reputed to be one of the most magnificent cities in the world, with a historical town centre that has been on UNESCO’s list of cultural heritage sites since 1992. ARCHIP started its operation in 2011 in Veletržní Palace, a modernist landmark from the interwar period.

From 2012, ARCHIP’s premises have been based in the Kartografie Praha building in Prague 7, adjacent to the Letná Orchards, close to the city centre. The two buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries originally housed a printing workshop.

Recently renovated, the premises have kept their industrial character – and provide an inspirational design environment. ARCHIP is a private college, accredited by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

The first 20 bachelors from the 2013/14 class graduated in June 2014. And the first year of the school’s accredited Master’s programme began in in the 2015/16 academic year.

All together ARCHIP has more than 50 students in total, coming from 32 different countries. architectural design The organisation of the Architectural Design (AD) studio at Archip follows the principles of the ‘Vertical studio’ model. The Vertical studio is organised by combining students of different years into a single studio. Within the Vertical studio, all years cooperate on a single site and program, yet their scale, scope and aims are different.

A series of introductory projects initiate and familiarise the first year students with the school, the city, the neighbourhood, and their colleagues. These projects are called ‘Piece of Prague’, ‘MySpace’, and ‘Team Building’. The final, 6th term is dedicated to the Bachelor project.

In the first year, students explore the fundamentals of form, tectonics, drawing, scale, geometry, model-making, and the abstraction of spatial concepts. In the second year, students analyze and develop a formal language of architecture. In the third year, students articulate the integration of systems and layers in a developed architectural project.

Briefs cover different scales and types of problems and are constantly changing. There have been small buildings and dwellings, large buildings with public uses, reconstructions of interiors, as well as landscaping of public space. Each studio is under the direction of a different pair of studio leaders. After each semester, students switch studios, and are therefore exposed to the full range of practices and design thinking specific to each studio. For their final semester, third year students are allowed to select the studio of their choice. For one term, students also work in teams. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIOS – TUTORS

2015/2016: Bachelor’s: NASADIL STUDIO – Pavel Nasadil (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Petra Fialová (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul Delave (US)

Master’s: NASADIL STUDIO – Pavel Nasadil (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ) 2014/2015: PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Klára Doleželová (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul DeLave (US)

2013/2014: PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Klára Doleželová (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul DeLave (US) AD 1 / INTRODUCTORY TASKS piece of prague

Piece of Prague asks students to explore the city through a set of drawings on one A1 sheet. They should make a section through the city and tell a story about the place, showing it in plan and elevation. It is an exercise to connect the human experience of time and space within a physical environment within the city, and to represent this in basic architectural drawings. MY SPACE

My Space asks students to explore the main studio hall and to build a model. This task has the dual purpose of providing each student an opportunity to express their personality and of promoting, on the second week of school, an intimate connection between each student and the main studio hall. The site is located physically within the studio space, so students can imagine themselves living as they wish within the space of the school. Since all projects share this common setting, the qualities and differences between students can be easily discussed.

winter term 2015/2016 winter term 2013/2014 winter term 2015/2016 team building

Team Building is a group project located around the neighbourhood of the school. Students are to make drawings, models and a presentation. There is always a social and cultural dimension to this project, and it also helps to familiarise the students with the area around the school. They begin to cooperate with others and to investigate important places within the near context and they propose improvements to the public space. This year’s project was Light(er-than-water)House, a floating cultural space on the river. winter term 2015/2016 winter term 2013/2014 architectural design 1–5

KYJE LINK terraced urban housing in

Each studio was responsible for two rows of terraced houses within a larger master plan designed by Schindler Seko Architects. The projects from all studios were collected and presented within a large, common model at 1:50 scale. This project explored the potential for high-density townhouses within the picturesque area of Kyje, outside the city center, in Prague 14. This building type was chosen as a good form of urban housing, due to its high density and efficient use of land, as well as the degree of privacy and distinction that is afforded to each individual house. Students designed dwellings according to the demands of three real clients, each with a markedly different lifestyle and family situation. There was a house for a family, a house for a recluse and a house for a young and social athlete. The 3rd year students designed two houses with a shared garden, while the 1st year students designed a single house for themselves or their families.

winter term 2013/2014

art kampus the kampa museum extension

Students proposed changes to the buildings and the neighbourhood of the Kampa Museum, situated in the historical core of Prague, directly on the bank of the Vltava river. The institution, settled in the historical building of Sova’s Mills, is a gallery of modern art that presents collections of two important 20th century fine artists (František Kupka and Otto Gutfreund), owns several other collections and also organizes short-term exhibitions. The academic project was prepared in close collaboration with the museum and the brief reflected its real problems, especially a lack of space and necessary flood protection. An important part was also the landscape and public space design and response to the unique historical context. Students developed an extension of the institution / in different scales and extents. The neighbourhood was presented on a common 1:200 scale model, and the architectural project itself at 1:100.

summer term 2013/2014

BUBNY FIELDS

An urban landscape project focused on the space between buildings and the human scale within an urban context. Each studio is developing an area approximately 40‚000m2 which covers multiple city blocks, streets, spaces and landmarks at a range of scales. The project is based on the proposed masterplan for Prague-Bubny, by CMC Architects, and is located on a vast brownfield within the heart of Prague 7. The partially abandoned, historical railway landscape is to become an integrated part within the urban fabric of the city. Students supplemented their work with site visits, presentations from the developer, and analytical investigations into urban spaces and typologies.

winter term 2014/2015 CONCRETE JUNGLE

The trees running in straight lines of different texture, envisioned as a dynamic urban space; it It is the idea of giving public space back to the public by turning it into gardens, parks and moves in time and change with the seasons. In one gesture, it narrates a story of landscape hybrid environments of greenery. This approach aims at an integration or at least at a taking over and expanding over the public space and architecture, therefore transforming the challenging blend of nature and culture. way that the mass and the space is perceived and enjoy by the public. It is a garden of contrast: the contrast between native and exotic trees, between the green and yellow colours, between Great places have a good balance. They are alive and vibrant; yet provide spaces for calm and the trees and grey paving. In form, the garden engages the horizontal plaza with the rising tranquility. They are dense and encourage mixing, yet also create room for separateness and vertical plane of the buildings. privacy.

The vacant zones become accessible once more and are filled with activities. Lastly, the garden is not only designed for visitor to ascend and descend, but for them to linger, This is achieved by planting trees and lawns threaded with paths that turn emptiness into a and just be… relaxing environment.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3 - BUBNY FIELDS - PALASCAK + DOLEZELOVA STUDIO - WINTER TERM 2014/2015 - SHEET 1/2

CULTURAIL FORUM A CENTRE FOR THE PAST AND FUTURE

The Culturail Forum project was a renovation of the Bubny Rail Depot in Holesovice, a building approximately 10‚000m2 in size. Each proposal aimed to create a 24 hour hub of urban activity, and a new cultural centre at the heart of Prague 7. Proposals ranged from schools to museums, performing arts centers to collaborative hubs, and everything in between. All projects addressed a different approach to preservation and demolition, the challenge of integrating old and new structures, and the philosophical question of creating a 21st century identity within a 19th century place.

3D Shots I nterior Shots

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North Elevation South Elevation Cross-Section Theater Cross-Section Interaction Space in[cube]ator

A temporary dwelling for 2 adults (and max. 2 kids) was located within the recreational area of Přístav 18600, near the edge of the Vltava river in Karlín, . The maximum volume was 33m3. It was to be accessible for pedestrians and could be accessible for bicycles. The usage was to be seasonal (from spring to autumn), and did not need heating, electricity, toilets or bathrooms. Environmental influences were considered (solar protection, natural ventilation, views and lighting, etc.), as well the social and cultural environment being developed in the area. The dwellings were utilitarian, yet conceptual. SNAKE 33m3 11m3 44m3

The site In My main focus on the site was the beautiful big three which is The interior main function is for sleeping. There are three differ- placed in the middle of the site. It became the starting point for ent sleepingspaces. One is fitting for two persons. The spaces in my orientation. which, makes the beds feel like a safe nest to fall asleep in.

The void Up The volume wraps around - creating a void which becomes a Walking up the roof leads you to a point at 4.3 meters above courtyard for those who uses the volume. It is an extention of ground level. A perfect spot to enjoy a danish. the volume, which becomes apparent when opening the wall and it connect the interior volume and the tree. Materials The walls, the beds, and the floor is all made up of the In or up? threelayered timber boards. When arriving to the volume one is faced with two options. Do The roof is made of corrugated metal sheets. The foundation is a you want to go inside the volume, or do you want to go to the combinated of concrete and timber. top of the volume?

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PLAN 1:50 PLAN 1:50 AT 1M AT 3M

SECTION BEDS OPENINGS AA

SECTION VERTICAL HORIZONTAL BB CIRCULATION CIRCULATION

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 5 – OPERATION: IN[CUBE]ATOR – SCHINDLER STUDIO – WINTER TERM 2015/2016 SIMON SKOGSTAD Cocoon GABION HOME

-・-・----・-・------・ From the beginning of the project my perception of s shelter, was that Instead o maxmising the square meter or the shelter, the objective o my project is to minimise the square meter, its main purpose was that it should connect with its surroundings. And building ootprints, and its impact on the environment. as the site is located in the center of Prague, it is surrounded by na- ture. My approach towards finding the right balance between public People draw a boundary or themselves to claim a space more than they need. As Rem Koolhaas’s remark o architecture practice, "we have built more than all previous history together, but we hardly register on the same scales.”, it leads one thinking what is actually and private space in such a site, was to make the shelter out of gabi- needed or a temporary dwelling that does not even require a bathroom. Putting a wall between yoursel and nature sounds cross-pur- on baskets. Not onlz is the building material is easy to work and quick pose o enjoying a break rom the city. I we look at animal’s lair or living space, they o­en seek a shelter that its size is be itting, neces- to build – it i salso very inexpensive. Further more, the qualities of sary and humble. this material is that the shelter will not be serving as a comfortable Hereby, my notion o living is rede ined by dissolving the walls and hard lines that we drew, but to simply swaddle ourselves in a at- ree sleeping area during the winter season due to its lack of holding a high space and enjoy whatever nature provides. By having no boundaries or dwelling, indeed the space we have is boundless. temperature. However, without its tent covering, the shelter can serve the purpose of a sculpture in the landscape during winter.

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Single Sleeping Pod

Double Sleeping Pod 1 2 3 m

Polyester Webbing W : 35 mm Minimum breaking strength : 25kN (2.5 tons) Anodised Aluminium Alloy Heavy Duty Ø 8.5 mm Ratchet Buckle

Screwgate Carabiner Transluscent 90D L : 108 mm Polyester-Nylon Working Load Limit: 25 kN Composite Polyester Rope (Braided) White 90D Ø 3 mm Polyester-Nylon Breaking Load: 150 kg Composite

Screwgate Carabiner L : 108 mm Working Load Limit: 25 kN

Stainless Steel Wire 4000 mm Ø 2 mm

Aluminium Round Rung Ø 35 mm

Steel Ring Ø 6mm

90D Polyester-Nylon Polyester Webbing Composite W : 25 mm Minimum breaking strength : 25kN (2.5 tons)

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This year’s Bachelor project was located within the main building and grounds of the Karlín Barracks. The structure was built for military purposes, between 1844–1845, for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is a complex with a long military tradition, yet today, its potential for renovation is being considered. The existing 135 meter by 85 meter open-air courtyard was the project site for all ARCHIP students. The project was to create discrete but interwoven pieces of the city, both architectural and urban, within the context of this under-utililized historic structure embedded in the heart of Prague. The existing courtyard was “opened up” to the urban fabric of Karlín, with new residential and pedestrian spaces.

GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE DESIGN GAD INSTRUCTORS

2015/16: STUDIO – Martin Gsandtner (SK) SEMINAR – Martin Hejl (CZ) WORKSHOP – Tsikolia Shota (GE)

2014/15: STUDIO – Adam Vukmanov (RS) SEMINAR – Martin Hejl (CZ) WORKSHOP – Martin Gsandtner (SK)

2013/14: STUDIO – Adam Vukmanov (RS) SEMINAR – Martin Hejl (CZ) WORKSHOP – Alessio Erioli (IT) GAD PROJECT winter 2015/16 COMPETITION PAVILION

The project for the first 2015/16 semester was a proposed DJ competition pavilion imagined as an interactive space, and placed along an existing island in the Vltava river in Prague. With the vision to produce kinetic and interactive space, the projects explored and defined motion processes from the microscopic world of nature. Using Brownian motion, aggregations, fractal systems and subdivision processes, environments were created as living ecosystems and interactive, natural tools. These natural tools and their behavioural processes created new pavilion typologies and put forward new topological investigations representing interaction and dialogue between musicians, visitors and pavilion space.

GAD PROJECT summer 2015/16 DISTORTED HORIZON

The proposal was made for the ANIFILM festival in Třeboň. Třeboň is a medieval city in the region of South Bohemia and a UNESCO site of world heritage. It has a rich and intriguing past that goes as far back as to the 12th century. The town’s cultural life is as lively as its history, so it comes as no surprise that it hosted the ANIFILM festival – an international festival of animated films that will gather participants from around the world. The highly detailed project is itself an animated figure: it includes live-response technology in order to interact and communicate with the people who approach it. One student, Ben James used this year’s GAD studio towards his diploma project.

study trips Throughout the years at ARCHIP, trips are organized to various cities and events around Prague. venice, italy 15 students from all three years went on the weekend excursion organized by Jason Nam, our 2014 alumnus. Berlin, germany Students went to Berlin for a two day visit, to explore the city and to take part in the Speculative Practice II, Lecture Series with the Architecture Design Innovation Program (ADIP) at the Technical University of Berlin. brno, czech republic ARCHIP students visited Brno, a city of modern culture near Vienna, and only 2.5 hours from Prague. Brno is renown for its architecture, most especially Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat, from 1929. Dessau and leipzig, germany On another school trip to Dessau and Leipzig, ARCHIP students and teachers visited Leipzig West after discovering the potential site for the next Architectural Design project on the East part of the city. exhibitions

ARCHIP’s first public exhibition of student projects was displayed in the form of a street exhibition in Karlín. The Winter term 2015/16 projects from our undergraduate and graduate students were shown in the store front of River Garden III building at Rohanské nábřeží during April and May 2016. We kindly thank HB Reavis and Karlín Kosorcium for their support! DESIGN DISCO

ARCHIP students Jason Nam (‘14) and Ben James (‘16) have founded, developed and launched ‘Design Disco!’ – a design education program that introduces Czech high school students to the fields of architecture and design.

The program is student-led and relies on other ARCHIP students, like Atoosa Ghanaei (‘15) and Anastasia Lavrova (‘16), to help serve as tutors to the high school students and to oversee projects and give design lectures. To date, Design Disco! has held lectures at four local high schools around Prague, and is now set to launch its first summer workshop on June 20th at ARCHIP, with students from multiple high schools. COOPLANNING

ARCHIP organizes a series of free public lectures, called COOPLANNING (cooperation in urban planning). This series covers current topics in architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, politics and self-government, development, non-governmental organizations and economics.

Apart from many local architects and other professionals, we welcomed several significant guests from abroad – like Birger Sevaldson (NO), Dana Ponec (NL), Charlie Hughes (UK), Jamel Clouche (FR), Joerg Coqui (DE), Igor Marko (UK), Mark Frederickson (US), Artur Jasinski (PL) and Aneti Markopoulou (GR). conferences CONTESTED CITY

ARCHIP was a co-organizer of the conference “Contested City: European Experience with Citizen Participation in Designing Strategic Visions of the City” which took place over three days at Bio Oko and ARCHIP.

The conference was based on the premise that ideal urban development connects the interests of citizens, developers, investors and politicians. The focus was on the European experience with citizens’ participation in designing strategic visions of cities, and was presented in an educational rather than an academic way. The conference presented municipal politicians and authorities, NGOs, professionals and students of disciplines concerned with town and strategic planning with personal experience and actual approaches in participatory urban planning. FROM BROWNFIELDS TO LIVING URBAN SPACES

The Conference, hosted by ARCHIP at the end of February, was titled “From Brownfields to Living Urban Spaces” and addressed possible approaches to the conversion of the underused urban area of Bubny- Zatory, Prague. The Conference began with Visions, Projects and Inspirations and concluded with a Round Table Discussion with a full- range of stakeholders. Participants included representatives from the Institute of Planning and Development of the City of Prague, the Municipality of Prague 7, the owner of the site CPI Property Group, the architect of the master plan CMC Architects, Czech and American academics and architects and of course our students, faculty and guests. All stakeholders presented their visions and their aspirations for this future 21st century urban centre. The discussions and debates spanned from the history of the site to new strategies for environmental and urban design, community and citizen participation. STUDENTS RECOGNITIONS PŘÍSTAV 18600 (2014–15)

In the Winter term 2014/15, ARCHIP students took part in a competition for the best concept for the transformation of Přístav 18600 at the Vltava riverbank in Karlín into a natural and creative, wild yet organized space to enjoy music, performance, nature and community. The overall winners were Sondre Hermundstad (’15) and Feliks Isaksen (’15). One of the finalists was Simon Skogstad (’16).

IN[CUBE]ATOR (2015–16)

In the Winter term 2015/16, students, faculty and the organisers of Přístav 18600 selected one winning IN[CUBE]ATOR project from each studio to be built. The winners were Lars Schmidt (’17), Jasper Cooper (’17) and Kryštof Redčenkov (’18). Each of these projects provide double-purposes, as a place for temporary dwelling and as additional public features within the Přístav recreational landscape.

ACOUSTIC COMPETITION (2015–16)

ARCHIP hosted an open competition for students, in search of ideas and solutions to improve the acoustics in the main studio hall. Three finalists presented their proposals, including the design concept, construction techniques and a budget estimate. Two first place winners were selected: Kasimir Suter Winter and Tina Athari (’18) who proposed recycling 100‚000 paper coffee cups into a woven fabric on the ceiling, and Benjamin James (’16) proposed a parametrically designed system of engineered acoustic panels. BACHELORS 2015/16

Nawar Majed Al Talli (SY) Ka Man Constance Chung (HK) Petr Frank (CZ) Benjamin Wade James (US) Iman Ibrahim Mohamed AlJoaki (BR/LY) Anastasia Lavrova (RU) Tarek Mamdouh Ali A Bder (EG) Dave Orlando (ID) Simon Andreas Sørgjerd Skogstad (NO) ARCHIP PART III / 2013–16 photos: © Rostislav Zapletal, Dominik Kučera, Andrea Lhotáková, ARCHIP archive layout: Filip Blažek – Designiq

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