Praga Studios

Praga Studios
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PRAGA STUDIOS

Adns Architekti

ARCHITECTS
Adns Architekti

INVESTOR
Praga Studios

AUTHORS OF THE PROJECT
Ing. Arch. Petr Dvořák, Akad. Arch. Martin Němec

CO AUTHORS
Ing. Tomáš Záhora, Ing. Arch. Tomáš Hanák, Ing. Arch. Veronika štojdlová, Ing. Arch.
Martin Kačírek, Ing. Arch. Jakub Děnge

CO WORKERS
Slk Statika, Rűpik, Ing. Miroslav šváb (slk Statika S.r.o.) Ing. Daniel Rück (rűpik S.r.o.) Ing.

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Prague, Czech Republi

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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Text description provided by architect.

The Karlín district is becoming a phenomenon of Prague, with little exaggeration small “Silicon Valley”.

Top IT companies are looking for new uncommon places for their business in this district. That was the opportunity of our building in the place of the former engineering halls of the Praga factory in Pernerova Street.

Praga Studios is part of a complex of three newly designed houses.

Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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The complex completes the cross-connection of two of Karlín´s main streets and a new quiet street, cleverly founded in the 1990s by architect Ricardo Bofill, was created.

The well-preserved front wall of the original factory building remains the existence of the first-republic industrial character of the district. Karlín has always looked to the future and to opportunities.

It has always been the center of inventors and start-ups in unknown fields. Praga Studios, our office building, stands on the street line and completes a new public space.

Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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The plot of land is delimited by a pulsating class, the nearby administrative building on the backside, and a new quiet street, which relieves the oversized street block.

The new building has two underground and seven aboveground floors.

The trapezoidal plan recedes in the upper two floors on the eastern side of the building.

Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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The main entrance on the eastern side of the new public space is dominated by an elevated hall - atrium.

A sober ratio of full and glazed parts is chosen to preserve the urban character of the development.

The building facade leaves the rational rhythm of rugged facade modules to the full height.

Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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The façade is artistically linked to the plasticity of the built-up buildings of the past centuries and is thus visually smaller in the street. 

The architectural and artistic design of the facade follows contemporary expression elements of the industrial character of the site.

Glass fibre concrete is a corresponding plastic material, which allows the visual play of lights and shadows.

Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
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Praga Studios
North view - A2
Praga Studios
East view - A2
Praga Studios
West view
Praga Studios
South view


Praga Studios
Plan - 1st floor
Praga Studios
Plan - 2nd floor
Praga Studios
Plan - 3rd to 5th floor
Praga Studios
Plan - 6th floor


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