Academic activities (Universities and research institutions)

The Regional Contact Center is a workplace that ensures cooperation between the Faculty of Arts and Architecture of TUL and external partners in the Czech Republic and abroad. The aim of the RKC's activities is to build professional networks and develop cooperation with external partners, involve other academic and research workplaces in joint projects with the FUA TUL and work with foreign institutions. We monitor, communicate and participate in current global trends in research and practice in the field of architecture and urban planning.

 

Cooperation with the public (Municipalities and private entities)

A significant activity of the RKC is to offer cooperation to our students of master's and bachelor's degree programs on specific architectural, urban or artistic assignments that students can work on as part of their semester work. The cooperation is intended for public or private entities such as municipalities, cities, regions, private clients and others. As part of our cooperation with partners, we will compile an assignment for students based on a joint discussion that reflects the requirements of the client and is understandable for students and their semester work.

 

Students will then work on the assignment during the semester under the guidance of experienced studio managers who communicate with the client throughout the work. The clients are therefore present throughout the design process. The result of the cooperation is student work that the client will receive. The outputs serve primarily to verify the intention and trigger a public or internal discussion on the given topic. They can be used as a basis when awarding architectural and urban planning competitions or orders for artistic interventions in public spaces. The outputs are primarily graphic and textual documentation or physical models, which can be used to demonstrate the intention of the assignment in a discussion before the professional and lay public.

 

RKC is a paid service that provides relevant outputs to the client. It is not a replacement for architectural studies or other stages of construction documentation and serves primarily to verify the intention and broaden the perspective on the assignment itself.

 

Architecture

Our students prepare verification studies of architectural concepts for clients outside the academic environment. Under the guidance of practicing architects, students prepare architectural designs including operational, architectural and basic construction and technical solutions for individual projects commissioned by external entities. Thanks to the free academic environment, students can design freely based on the client's assignment. With their unconventional approach and view of the resulting architecture, they can broaden the client's horizons and add some aspects for subsequent architectural requirements for the project itself.

 

Urbanism

We offer proposals for urban solutions for urban structures according to the assignment. The work is prepared by students in the context of the surrounding urban development, transport connections and with regard to the existing spatial plan. The outputs include primarily urban models and drawing documentation with a detailed research of the given location. Our students have experience with both large urban areas and smaller municipalities that solve specific urban challenges in connection with their character.

 

Art in public space

A significant element in public space are works of art set in the context of a given environment. Students enter public space in a creative way through artistic interventions and place a permanent or temporary installation in the given environment. In public space, there is a growing demand for improving the quality of living spaces and raising their quality. This is precisely the role that artistic interventions play in most European cities, which can communicate with the appearance of the city and its impact on its inhabitants.

RKC – themes

 

2024

  • Municipality of Křižany
  • Town of Velké Hamry
    • topic – Affordable housing Velké Hamry – reconstruction of the former Sokol Building and cinema building
    • studio Stolín – Mičeková – 4 students, studio Buček – Horatschke – 1 student
  • Višňová village
    • topic – Educational trail Pohanské kameny u Višňová
    • studio Balda – Žid – 2 students

2023

  • T.J. Sokol Jablonec nad Nisou
    • theme – Found Identity
    • art studios J. Stolín – P. Vlachynská, R. Loskot – J. Prokeš – 24 students
  • City of Červený Kostelec
    • theme 1 – forest-park Pazderna
    • theme 2 – Family house in the city center
    • 1st year studio (V. Balda – J. Žid) – 22 students
  • City of Jičín
    • theme – Revitalization of the city center (Valdštejn square) using new urban furniture providing shade
    • art studios J. Stolín – P. Vlachynská, R. Loskot – J. Prokeš – 5 students
  • EUROCENTRUM HANDICAP o.p.s.
    • topic – Olympia Project at K Olympii, Šimonovice, Liberec
    • studio J. Buček – F. Horatschke – 2 students
  • Višňová Municipality
    • topic – Pohanské kameny Nature Trail near Višňová
    • studio V. Balda – J. Žid – 2 students
  • Town of Velké Hamry
    • topic – Affordable Housing Velké Hamry – Reconstruction of the Former Sokol Building and Cinema
    • studios P. Stolín – A. Mičeková, J. Buček – F. – Horatschke – 5 students
  • Municipality of Křižany
    • topic – Reconversion of the Church of St. Simon and Judas, its rectory and surroundings in Žibřidice
    • studios P. Stolín – A. Mičeková, J. Buček – F. – Horatschke – 5 students

2022

  • Jakes Development s.r.o. Kutná hora
    • topic Completion of an apartment building in Kutná hora
    • studio J. Buček - F. Horatschke – 6 students
  • Municipality of Hnátnice
    • topic Public space designs and design of a family house in the cadastre of the municipality of Hnátnice
    • studio 1st year (P. Rezek - V. Balda - J. Žid) – 19 students
  • Statutory city of Liberec and Liberec region
    • topic Block I – Linserka building and public space of Block I in temporary mode
    • guest studio KOGAA (T. Kozelský – V. Odstrčilík) – 12 students
  • Prague 14
    • topic 1 – Urban design of the center of the Prague 14 district and the new town hall building
    • topic 2 – Urban design of Chlumecká street and its surroundings
    • studio J. Buček - F. Horatschke – 3 students
  • Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague
    • topic Revitalization of common spaces at the Faculty of Law, University Karlovy
    • studio 1st year (P. Rezek - V. Balda - J. Žid) - 19 students
  • Hradec Králové Region
    • theme - Revitalization of the historical building of the barracks in Josefov
    • studio P. Stolín - A. Mičeková - 9 students
  • City of Dvůr Králové nad Labem
    • theme - #dknlconnectivity
    • studio R. Kolařík - H. Hlávková - 11 students

2021

  • municipality of Stráž nad Nisou
    • Urban and architectural design of the square, new building of the municipal building and public spaces in Stráž nad Nisou
  • cit of Cvikovv
    • Urban completion of the square in Cvikov

2020

  • city of Hrádek nad Nisou
    • Architectural design of the revitalization of the brownfield of the former Benar site and adjacent areas in Hrádek nad Nisou
  • statutory city of Liberec
    • Elaboration of the theme of the outskirts of Liberec and the landscape of Liberec, elaboration of the site former printing houses Severografia, chill out zone development for Anifilm
  • Cvikov city
    • Urban design of the square in Cvikov
  • Richard Sobotka
    • Co-housing Pernerova, Praha Karlín
  • MO-VE-RE s.r.o. company
    • Brownfield regeneration of former printing houses Severografia, Liberec
  • Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Pardubice Region
    • Czech language classroom in China

 

CONTACTS:

Ing. arch. Helena Hlávková
helena.hlavkova@tul.cz
+420 777 680 998

Mgr. Jitka Havlíková
jitka.havlikova@tul.cz
+420 485 353 594, 602 225 620

Technical University of Liberec
Faculty of Arts and Architecture
Studentská 1402/2
461 17 Liberec 1

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