CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CENTRE OF DANCE AND MUSIC

Project idea

It is a corner plot on Milady Horákové and Příkop streets, so it is a relatively exposed and important place, but its current state is not sufficient for its importance. Both adjacent streets are busy and burdened with heavy traffic, so the plot is wedged between roads and neighboring apartment buildings. The site currently has plenty of mature greenery but this will be destroyed by the development but will be replaced at least in part by newly planted trees and green roofs. From the IBC side, a service road leads around our plot further into the courtyard, this road will serve as an access to the resulting underground garages and a route for supplies. The area is located near Moravské náměstí and the centre of Brno, so there is no problem with transport services, directly in front of the plot we can find the tram stop Náměstí 28. října. With regard to the small number of parking spaces, underground parking will be built under the building. A large multifunctional building combining several functions will be designed on the plot. The building is designed in such a way that the corner is emphasized, which significantly exceeds the rest of the building. The main entrance to the building is again from the corner due to its convenient eye-catching location. As Milady Horáková Street is relatively narrow and is laid out as a city avenue, the building is set back from the street line to create an arcade which serves as the front of the commercial space and café. The aforementioned shops ensure an active, attractive and functioning ground floor that attracts life and social activity. The building is positioned to fit in with the growing surrounding development and to ensure that the various functions are located in appropriate places. The busiest and liveliest operations are therefore located towards the street, while the quieter parts of the operations are located towards the courtyard on the southern façade, so that they are illuminated by the southern light.

Project description

The design seeks to build on the site and respect its values and qualities, but also to fulfil the important role of a significant corner building with undeniable cultural and social value. It takes account of the urban design significance of the site and its orientation to the cardinal points. The building consists of two bodies on polygonal planes, one of which is taller of smaller dimensions, emphasising the importance of the corner and, combined with the perforated cladding, which forms a kind of veil, serves as a good landmark and meeting point. The second, lower and more massive, forms the main part of the building. These masses are further subdivided by the façade. Both buildings are covered by a flat green expansive roof. In the higher tower-like part of the building we find the main entrance and foyer, the library and the ballrooms. The circulation in the upper half is illuminated by an internal atrium stretching across the upper three floors. In the lower mass there is a small and a large multifunctional hall with associated facilities such as dancers' dressing rooms, storerooms, furniture ... On the 5th floor we find the classrooms of the primary art school, together with the choir room and the classrooms, the optimal lighting of the relatively deep layout is achieved here by means of an outdoor atrium accessible from the corridor. The choir room and some of the classrooms are oriented to the south-west and have a view of the historical centre of Brno. The last two floors are elevated to achieve higher ceilings in the ballrooms. Towards the street, the façade is all glazed for the internal public spaces, which attract more attention and are more inviting to look at. The café is stretched through the whole building to a quieter courtyard. The main façade is divided into four parts, the highest corner, plastered with windows and covered with perforated metal, and then three lower ones, all surrounded by square windows and niches, the middle one slightly raised and screened with metal waterproof slats. By breaking the main façade into sections I am trying to approximate the surrounding articulation of the houses. The corner to Př´kop Street on the northeast side is designed in the same way as the one to Milady Horáková Street. The different height levels of the parapets are also based on the surrounding disparate buildings. On the southern façade, as in the rest of the exterior, white façade plaster in combination with window frames and plumbing elements in anthracite shades predominates. The interior is dominated by exposed concrete and white plaster, complemented by metal elements in darker shades and wooden elements.

Technical information

The building stands on reinforced concrete piles and a reinforced concrete slab, the waterproofing of the lower structure is designed as a white bath. The construction system is combined, outside the layout there are reinforced concrete columns and monolithic reinforced concrete walls around the perimeter, supplemented with thermal insulation made of mineral wool. The ceilings are also monolithic reinforced concrete, 250 mm thick. The internal non-load-bearing walls are made of Porotherm ceramic blocks. The staircases are made of reinforced concrete, with steel railings.

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