Florenc21 – B01

Block B01 of the Florenc21 development area in central Prague forms an urban hinge between the historic city structure and contemporary neighbourhood development. Located on the site of the former city wall, the building ensemble sees itself as an urban gateway that brings together different scales, layers of time and flows of movement.

The size of the block allows for an independent spatial identity. Three sub-volumes are aggregated into a coherent urban body that responds to infrastructural overlaps and existing structures. Openly designed, clearly legible access points from all directions provide orientation and define the block as a permeable urban fabric.

A continuous system of activated ground floor zones along the new pedestrian axes reinforces the continuity of the public space. Generous, multi-storey indoor-outdoor spaces function as communicative interfaces between the city and the building.

The buildings are precisely modelled within the narrow regulatory framework. Offset volumes, bay windows, terraces and panoramic openings create a rhythmic interplay of verticality and horizontality in dialogue with the urban scale. The variation in façade grid, materiality and depth of detail creates differentiation within a clear formal unity.

A vertically accentuated high point on the Na Florenci corner forms the urban prelude. A recessed base, public passages and green winter gardens convey openness and urbanity. Locally referenced materials anchor the project materially and atmospherically in the context of Prague – self-confident, precise and contemporary.

Programme: office, retail

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Client: Penta Real Estate

Partner: Klaska Ltd

Sub-Consultant: Beta Realities

Consultants: Bollinger+Grohmann, GTL Landschaftsarchitektur

Size: 17.500m² office, 3.400m² retail

Status: Competition – 2nd Phase

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