New center of Bašť with a primary school building

The historic farmyard from the 18th century, which remained almost in its original form on the land in question, is the guiding urban pattern for our design, which we try to preserve and strengthen to the maximum extent so that we can enter it with new, modern and more intensive buildings. We are inserting a school into a partially preserved and at the same time more consistently delimited courtyard as a slightly lighter and finer-looking building. The school is located so as to divide the original courtyard space into a public part and a private part of the school courtyards and facilities.

The jury considers this proposal to be one of the most interesting solutions, perhaps the most beautiful in terms of respect for the original character of the village buildings. It appreciates that the present case is clear, general, firm, and clean. The design activates the situation and the existing structures of memory, confirms the strength and bearing capacity of the historical pattern. The revision will be necessary for the transport solution. The architectural concept of the design is solid, high quality, the authors use original materials or surfaces suitable for this location (stone, brick, wood). The design shows the ability to reduce, phase and grow. It does not represent sentiment, but civility.

The main idea of our design is to build a new generous public space of a modern village square with architectural buildings that represent their importance, not only in the context of Bašť, but also the wider area. The current state of the solved area is significantly affected by the loss of the original content of the farmyard. The buildings that used to be used for animal husbandry, and thus provided the basis for the current urbanism of the immediate vicinity, are in many respects only very difficult to use for the purpose of the village. Nevertheless, our approach responds to the characteristic square shape defined by three distinctly horizontal buildings and applies it in our design.

The edge of the wider center of the village, as the authors call this line, and the low silhouette work well. Houses in front of the school are "creating a facet". The high price is the elimination of the barn, the loss of a piece of memory and an anchor. The public space is clear and suitably oriented, the separation of school outdoor spaces from the public square is nice. However, the transport solution would need to be revised. The operation of the school is designed well and without collisions, it is compact and efficient. In addition, in terms of floor plan size, certain parts could be optimized. The definition of individual color shapes in the building is a formalism, a composition that is not transcribed into structures or spaces, but will be pleasant to students.

The new village square is designed as a living opposite of the historic old village square. They enclose a park and a modified part of the main street with the dominant building of the municipal office in a baroque granary and together form the extended center of the village. It is a new community and commercial public space that enriches the village with vital functions without conflicting with its original rural character. The primary school complex, which dominates the southern side of the village square, surrounds a generous inner courtyard as the reminiscence of the original farm encloses the village center.

The exclusive concept of the urban cluster is to form a new counterpoint to the historic old part. The generous unity of the historical formula is replaced by a somewhat fashionable, refined, and even disparate morphological set. It is a very friendly form of modern village buildings, in terms of harmony with the place probably the best managed. However, residential buildings are already moving towards traditional urban construction. The school, although very large and oversized, is designed adequately and sensitively in the individual volumes. Perhaps this is due to the controversial and economically demanding lowering of the entire floor plan in the ground, including the yard.

We are creating a new center of the village, which is turning into a small town. We are looking for a connection between historic buildings and contemporary architecture. We respect and principally reprofile the existing urban figure of the Baroque farmyard. The concept of the urban solution is to preserve the existing simple form of construction on the surface of the area and to complete the development inside the layout, including the central tower with the most important function located in the middle of the courtyard.

The jury awarded the proposal an hoonorable mention, because it appreciates the approach to the composition as to a shape icon. The design impressed the jury with the courage of postmodern volumes, the internal arrangement of which is also functional, and their almost brutalist aesthetics, with all the pros and cons. In addition, the proposal represents a valuable view of the use of the granary - for a less conflicting function than the office to which the new volume of the tower is dedicated.

The former manor house No. 42 with a granary represents a uniquely preserved historical monument in Bašť, reminiscent of the Baroque history of the village. We feel obliged to preserve the utilitarian solution of the farmyard for the new development. We would like to discover and show a historical trace, especially in the village, which has already lost most of its architectural heritage. In the design, the new square is defined between historic farm buildings and new buildings, which follow the character of the Baroque courtyard.

The jury awarded the proposal an honorable mention, because it appreciates, although it did not appeal to the client, the purity of the scheme and a clear floor plan - the transverse square connects the two most significant, and for new purposes activated historical residues, is the key to the new adjustment.

The urbanism of the design contextually follows the cultural and historical development that has taken place here since the late Baroque. Demolition of a building for animal husbandry is a necessary part of the design in order to create sufficient space for a new school and apartment building. However, the position and division of new buildings is related to the original trace of objects. The design consists of solitary houses with a clear floor plan. The public space is designed to be passable and permeable, and the architecture of the buildings completes the impression of the utilitarianism of the environment and the context of the building.

The jury awarded the proposal an honorable mention, because it sees and appreciates in it an alternative, quiet and calm quality - the architecture of austerity and thrift in many ways.