JASPER ARCHITECTS

JASPER ARCHITECTS WAS INVITED TO THE COMPETITION TO REINTERPRETE AN OFFICE AND RETAIL BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF PRAGU.
THE INTERVENTION SEEKS TO ADD AN ELEMENT TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGSTRUCTURE, THAT, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY OF PRAGUE AND ITS MOST OBVIOUS AND KNOWN ICONIC ELEMENTS, SERVES TO ENHANCE THE BUILDINGS HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUES AND QUALITIES. THE INTERVENTION METAPHORICALLY CROWNS THE EXISTINGSTRUCTURE, GENERATING A POLISHED PRESENCE IN THE URBAN VICINITY AND DISTINGUISHING THE BUILDING IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT ALIENATING IT FROM THE EXISTING HISTORICAL SURROUNDING. THE ACCENTUATION OF THE CORNER UNDERLINES THE GESTUR.

THE OFFICE FLOORS ARE CLEANED OUTAND REORGANIZED. NO STRUCTURAL IN-TERVENTION IS NECESSARY, THE EXISTINGSTRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ARE KEPT AND DIFFERENT UNIT LAYOUTS ARE POSSIBLE.