| Client | Prague Congress Center |
|---|---|
| Location | Prague 4, CZ |
| Scale | 13000 m2 |
Designed as a ‘bridge’ building, levitating over plaza space on the South side of one of Prague’s most well-known landmark sites, the New Exhibition Hall will be a multi-functional public space for events, shows and exhibitions. The new PCC extension is thought as a sustainable landmark floating above a new urban park. The public spaces and new amenities below will attract and draw together the centre’s visitors and the citizens of Prague creating a symbiotic dialog.
The new PCC soars over all of the urban accidents, it establishes a dialogue with its surroundings and becomes the main articulation point for the square. Its elongated shape reaching from the Magistrala Road to the Na Pankráci street ties the perimeter of Pankrác Square together and creates a continuous unifying setting for it.
The building will float above the park with enough clearance to let city life flow unaltered underneath and into the new entrance, wide open to the city. Thanks to this new body introduced into the square new relationships between old elements are created and all of them are integrated into a new whole.
The new PCC will function like a bridge, linking distant points and organizing the territory without affecting the landscape beneath it. The small built footprint will create an incredible setting under the reflective underbody where urbanity and unexpected activities blossom.