The new parliament building and the countryside as a rediscovered paradise. FA displays works of the summer semester

The exhibition show is a kind of probe into the teaching at the FA CTU, students work on real places and assignments. The topics of the projects reflect current events, specific social and ecological situation and its challenges. An example is the work of the Hájek–Hulín studio, which addressed the area of the village of Voděrádky on the eastern border of Prague. A cultural centre for the Vlček family is being built on the site of a former landfill. The task for the students was to design other necessary buildings and small architecture for the site – a theatre stage, a robotic laboratory, studios, a gallery, a floating gazebo or a bridge. All with an emphasis on environmental friendliness and energy efficiency.

The Hlaváček–Čeněk–Minarovič studio chose the design of the new parliament building as the main theme for this semester. The aim was to reflect on the requirements of this institution, how it should function, how it should present itself to the citizens, what it should symbolize today and in the future, and how architecture can help to achieve these goals. The new building should combine both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in one place.

Among the studios of landscape architecture we can mention the first year studio Špalková. It went to the Bohemian Karst, where St. John under the Rock still makes a strong statement to pilgrims and ordinary visitors. However, the cultural decline of the second half of the 20th century has taken its toll and many of the landscapes around the monastery have disappeared. The aim of the students' proposals is to bring the site back to life through landscaping and small-scale building interventions.

An example of design students' cooperation with industry is the work of the Jaroš studio, where this semester they worked with wood waste from the TON company. They processed semi-finished products and leftovers from the production of traditional bentwood furniture. They tried to create a meaningful product suitable for further serial processing.

The exhibition of studio works can be visited until 23 June 2023 daily from 9.00 am to 7.00 pm. Entrance is barrier-free and free of charge. All projects created by students of the FA CTU are also available online, the first years have their own web gallery. Photos from the exhibition can be viewed in the section Life of the FA.