Practice to work with Czech capital on major regen project
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is set to regenerate a major brownfield site next to Prague’s Masaryk railway station.
The practice has worked with the city of Prague and local partners on a new business district for the derelict site which will integrate the city’s transport networks.
The mixed-use development will minimise the impact of the elevated Wilsonova Highway and create a new public plaza to link the Namesti Republiky station.
According to ZHA the design responds to Prague’s old town urbanism and has been designed as a series of buildings which vary in scale to be compatible with the historic skyline. Prague is known as “the city of 100 spires”.
Craig Kiner, project associate at ZHA, said: “In collaboration with our partners and the city, we have developed an urbanism for the site which draws inspiration from our analysis of the city and the site’s dynamic circulation networks, creating an architectural response that is sensitive to context, unifying in aspiration and contributes to the urban fabric of Prague.”
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