Residential house for the elderly-J.K.Tyla

Winning Design
AXXI / Luděk Šimoník, Jan Stolek, Anna Kabeláčová, Šimon Klein, Vít Staudinger, Ingrid Spáčilová / Brno
Contracting Authority
Valašské Meziříčí
Competition Type
Open Design Contest, 1 Phase
Results
5.11.2024
Prizes and Honorable Mentions
700 000 Kč - 500 000 Kč - 350 000 Kč - honorable mentions 50 000 Kč
Status
Contract preparation

JKT

The vision of the new development is to create an exemplary residential project for the older generation, which will provide its residents with quality,
dignified, and safe housing where they will be able to maintain their independence and their current lifestyle while at the same time having
the security of access to social services and immediate assistance in case of emergency. At the same time, the new apartment building should be a welcoming space for residents to meet and form social bonds, contributing to the mental well-being of the city’s earlier-born citizens.

The town of Valašské Meziříčí is looking for the best solution for an apartment building of at least 32 units, which will integrate it into the town organism and open it up to the surrounding environment to an appropriate extent. An essential part of this will be creating meeting places for new residents and their visitors inside the building and in the immediate surroundings. Commercial units may complement the ground floor of the building. Beyond the site itself, the proposal should also focus on transport solutions, including new public transport stops.

Jury

Tereza Kabelková

Architect and co-founder of Studio COSMO. She studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the CTU in Prague and TU Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Before founding her own studio she gained experience in DAM architekti and A69 architekti. She is a recipient of the Young Architect Award, Josef Hlávka Award. With her studio she is mainly involved in residential projects of various scales. They have been awarded for two competitive urban housing projects in Ždár nad Sázavou.

Gabriela Kaprálová

She studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. During her studies, she spent time abroad in France and Belgium. Since 1995 she has been working in Prague in the studios Genius Loci and Omicron K. In 2006, she founded the architectural studio ASGK Design, which focuses mainly on residential construction. In 2009, the studio won the Grand Prix of Architects award in the reconstruction category for the reconstruction of the Rytířská ČS Palace. In 2018, the studio won the ČKA architectural competition with the design of the Šatovka senior centre in Šárecké údolí.

Štefan Polakovič

Jury Chair

Architect, urban planner and co-founder of GutGut, a studio with a relatively wide range of activities. In his work, he has been offering views that go beyond traditional solutions since the beginning. With his design of a functionally and typologically layered residential structure, he won the Europan 5 (New housing landscapes, travel and proximity) award in Košice’s Ťahanovce. Since 2013 he has been teaching at the Faculty of Architecture in Bratislava.

Jan Horký

alternate

Architect, in 2005 together with Pavel Nasadil he founded FAM Architects, later in 2018 he founded his own office ATELIER HORKÝ based in Přibram. He has successfully participated in many architectural competitions in the Czech Republic and abroad and his work includes not only new buildings but also reconstruction and public space. In 2015 he was the winner of an architectural competition for the Home for the Elderly in Litomyšl.