New Building of Municipal Library

The new city library aims to answer the problem of Štěpánčin Park, a strikingly undefined, artless space within the urban landscape. The new project is an extension of an unfinished construction/block. The project commenced as an attempt to complete the construction and sketch out a definition of the park through its reinserting into the urban context. The new city library defines the park without interfering; it creates its new frontier by adding a sense of purpose. The library masks itself not to distract the visitor from the park’s terrain. It is framed by a colonnade as a well-articulated and intuitive space, which divides the new structure from the original construction. The colonnade defines the space between the park and the library, as an antechamber, a space, which instructs us in navigating the wider space upon entering. The park becomes more frequented, pleasanter, an utilised space. The original construction is completed and repurposed.