A place where some of the capital’s oldest preserved architectural monuments meet the banks of the Vltava river. An area with both a rich history and a promising future. This is the location of Dvořákovo nábřeží and Na Františku. The flooding in 2002 and 2013 destroyed the road surface at Dvořákovo nábřeží. Prague is now repairing it. Sidewalks and adjacent public spaces, including a park, will also be restored. We have prepared a conceptual study for the overall transformation of the area, which could easily become a pleasant place in which to spend free time.
Commencement: 2015
Completion: n/a
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IPR Prague
Conceptual study developer
Conceptual study
If you have any queries: Ing. arch. Jan Kadlas, 236004633, kadlas@ipr.praha.eu, guarantor
For the media: Mgr. Marek Vácha, vacha@ipr.praha.eu, 723 444 291, press spokesperson
● The reason for this investment is the unsatisfactory technical condition of the road surface after it was damaged by the flooding in 2002 and 2013.
● The conceptual study will be the binding foundation for the project documentation for this plan, especially as regards the layout of public spaces.
● The key actor in this project is the Prague Roads Authority.
● The reconstruction of the road is a great opportunity to restore the tree alley, which has importance for the whole of the city, and to provide the trees with significantly better conditions for healthy growth than they have today. This is an opportunity to replace the substrate in the root space and to replace the existing not very resilient lindens with a more resilient species.
● The garages should primarily provide visitor parking for the local hospital, and could also serve visitors to the waterfront area.
● The Prague 1 municipal district is the investor and main partner of the project.
● On the waterfront there are a number of quality arts and crafts and small architecture elements whose role in the space could be more important than today.
● These include, for example, the gloriette limnimeter (which measures the water flow), the connecting staircase to the embankment, forged signs for marking places, railings, etc.
● The aim of this competition is to find a way to restore them as part of the strong visual identity of the waterfront and elements facilitating spatial orientation.
● This is a parallel project initiated on the basis of the Prague Banks Concept, which forms the ideological foundation of this conceptual study.
● The changes will include modifications to the traffic system on the embankment, the addition of equipment (toilets, street furniture) and a program (participation in city-wide events such as the Prague Food festival, for example).
● The key project partners are the administrator of the embankment, Trade Centre Prague and the operators of river vessels.
The conceptual study ideologically links to a parallel plan to improve the embankment equipment (street furniture + WC, use of the vaults). In addition, the embankment will not be the subject of construction changes in direct connection with the modifications to the road, but rather in connection with the new port system, which is yet to be formulated. The embankment is being considered both ideologically and conceptually.
TSK, which has its own designer, is the administrator and investor of the majority of the area in question. This designer was selected before IPR became involved in the project. The role of IPR therefore lies primarily in the conceptual coordination of known planned investments by the organizations operating on the waterfront.
