About project
Railway Administration Headquarters. The house by the railroad tracks. Connected to the railway, linear by nature of the plot, naturally inspired by the essence of the transport network and ageless technology, yet still up to date and innovative.
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Client
Railway administration
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Year
2021
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Location
Prague, Czech Republic
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Size
62 400 m²
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Authors
Ján Antal
Martin Stára
Peter Sticzay / Grido
Michal Rulc / APS Projekt -
Co-authors
Silvia Snopková
Sebastian Sticzay
Jakub Herza -
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Monolot Studio
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Our competition design for the new headquarters of the Railway Administration is based on the planned block development and visually connects the railway with the river. On the nearly half-kilometre-long site, we create a wedge between the railway and an unstabilised development area with car parks and warehouse buildings. One of the design goals was to create a continuous floor area despite the narrow and long building footprint. Part of the design is to set an appropriate scale of mass and therefore rules for further development of the area.
1. The new dominant feature of Smíchov
2. Parterre and limits as potential of the place
3. Between the railway and the river
4. Green roofs and terraces
5. The heart of the house and the vertical city
Diagram
The headquarters of the Railway Administration and its form is divided into five towers connected by a raster facade with a varied plan form. The limits and regulations of the technical infrastructure are a natural part of the building’s morphology. The individual towers are connected on the second and third floors. This creates a continuous space that connects the complex organisational structure into a single whole. By dividing it into individual towers, the building adapts to the scale of the nearby houses, but does not lose the formal strength of a large organisation.
Interiors are designed sparingly with an emphasis on quality materials and a legible layout. The interiors work with a calm palette of materials – a combination of oak veneer, white and grey. Metal elements from the façade are interspersed into the stair railings in the interior. The offices are designed as a combination of enclosed and flexible offices complemented by blocks of community zones linked to the terraces between the towers according to the brief received.
Floor plan
