The competitional dialogue concerned a proposal of an urbanistic and functional solution to the area of so called Papírové square, which is, at this moment, an inner periphery of the statutory city of Liberec. The vincinity of the so called Papírové square is one of the most valuable areas in the very heart of Liberec city. Its unique urbanistically grown structure is a last memory of the “old” Liberec – there is no other quarter like this in the city anymore. At this moment, however, it is a shattered husk of a city quarter without a larger number of permanent residents.

The winner of the competitional dialogue shall be tasked with the preparation of an overall idea of development in the form of a “masterplan,” which will present, apart from urbanistic-architectural principles, the principles leading to securing of a planned use and regulation of municipal and private construction. On this basis, a detailed Territorial study of the area (serving also as the documentation for changes in the territorial plan) and architectural-landscaping proposal of the City Terraces shall be created. It will, afterwards, be expanded into a complete project documentation and subsequent realization.

The competition concerned a proposal of an urbanistic solution of a locality of future new pole of the center of Šlapanice in the area of a former sugar factory and its surroundings, integrating a proposal of renovation of the former granary into a social centre.

Manufacturing is underway of a new fountain that shall be located in front of the new town hall in Lázně Bělohrad, the building of which is nearly finished. Monika Immrová is the author of the fountain.

A lecture in the Světozor cinema: DIALOGY: re:architekti and CBArchitektura
In the december lecture of the KRUH club, the speakers will be: David Pavlišta, an architect and co-founder of the re:architekti studio and Tomáš Zdvihal, an architect and co-founder of the club CBArchitektura. They will open the topic of architectural competitions in a mutual dialogue.
The lecture „How to win an architectural competition“ will take place on thursday the 9th of december in the Světozor cinema in Prague.
We’re looking forward to you joining us!

The tickets are available in the Světozor cinema.

on Saturday, June 19, 2021

Competition 2017,
Documentation for the issuance of the decision on the location of the construction 2018,
Documentation for building permit 2019,
Documentation for construction implementation 2020,
Tender 2020/21,
Construction start 04/2021.

The plan for the new Town Hall also includes the reconstruction of Náměstí K. V. Raise square.

The design of the gazebo on the “Pod Kaštany” plaza was based on the architectural concept of the municipality prepared in 2013. It is to serve as a base for the municipal festivities. The next building on this site is to be a community centre with a large municipal hall.

At its meeting on Wednesday, the Prague 22 City Council approved the participants of the second round of the architectural competition for a new school in Uhříněves.

Černý Most is an interesting task because it combines the themes of the identity of the city of Prague (through its role as a gateway to the city), the identity of the housing estate through its role as a center in the everyday life of locals, and issues of dealing with almost contemporary architecture in the breadth of moral, aesthetic and environmental aspects.

We won the 1st place in the selection procedure of the Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR).

Ondřej Synek made an appearance as a representative of the studio re:architekti at the 70th Pecha Kucha Night Prague. The topic was the course of the competitive dialogue during the architectural competition for the reconstruction of the Grand Cinema in Zlín, which we won. You can watch the video at the link below.

Victory in an international competition. The subject of the competition was the revitalization of the Grand Cinema in Zlín designed by the architect František Lydia Gahura and built by the Baťa company in 1933. It was the largest cinema in Czechoslovakia at that time, with 2,270 seats for spectators. The aim of the competition was to create conditions for the cinema that would meet the needs of a 21st century city.
The architectural competition was conducted in the form of a competitive dialogue.

Intensive construction work is taking place in 1. máje street in Vimperk. Pavement is being laid and the tree planting is being prepared. The first stage will be completed by winter.

In the autumn of 2019, the fire station in Úsilné near České Budějovice was ceremoniously opened. The fire station arose from the architectural concept of the village, which we had developed for Úsilné – Voselno in 2013. Photographs by Ondřej Bouška.

With the arrival of spring, the 1st stage of the reconstruction works of the Vimperk’s backbone street started. The works were designed according to the Territorial Study of Public Areas Vimperk – 1. máje and Pivovarská streets. Most of the construction work should take place this year, the reconstruction around the T.G.Masaryk Elementary School should be completed in 2021.

In mid-February, another construction began. It was based on the project of territorial study Restoration of the historical part of Podmokel- section X.5. Bezručová street reconstruction. This is the first section of the so-called ordinary street. 7 acacia cultivars will be newly planted in the street. Traffic mode zone 30 km/h, two-way traffic, parallel parking.

In Mnichovo Hradiště, a trial operation of a new bus station – a transfer terminal for public transport – was launched. The city thus managed to move the bus station from the square to the station, which was already included in the zoning plan from the 1950s. The construction was completed less than 3 years after the architectural competition.

“…The young renowned architect David Pavlišta became the city architect of Jablonec and Nisou. He will start the agenda in April. … “We were looking for an expert who has a comprehensive and conceptual approach to tasks and with a sense for detail,” remarked the mayor of Jablonec, Milan Kroupa. … Eight candidates applied for the two-round competition, and four advanced to the second round.”

Contracting authority: Statutory City of Brno

Contracting authority: City of Neratovice
“The town of Neratovice called on architects to look for a way to revive the local Social House (“Kulturák” – palace of culture), which today acts more as a symbol of times past, a labyrinth of corridors and functions. The goal was to find, together with the architects, a solution and a direction that the house could take in the future. 25 teams entered the competition dialogue, of which 16 participants submitted an idea concept, from which the expert jury in two rounds selected 4 teams, which were awarded and invited to complete the design.” Studio re:architekti took the 2nd place.

Public architecture – On the relationship between the architect and politician, the contracting authority. On several examples from our practice, we will show various forms of cooperation between an architect and local government representatives.
About architectural competitions, the law and the award of public contracts, politically motivated decisions influencing the work of an architect, the differences between private and public contracting… Everything is shown on specific examples from our work.
David Pavlišta lectured as part of the series on June 7, 2018.

“The project Reflection of Architecture focuses on contemporary architecture with an emphasis on the current architectural discussion. The project was created in the spring of 2016 on the premises of the Faculty of Architecture of the Slovak University of Technology within the preparation of the subject Current Trends in Architecture, which is intended for students of the last year of study. From the very beginning, the project aimed not only to expand the syllabi of the subject, but especially to create a platform for an open communication between the academic environment, the protagonists of contemporary architecture and the public, and thus raise awareness of architecture in the general public. The ambition of the project is therefore to place the current architectural discussion in a broader cultural, economic, historical and geographical context, while drawing attention to the internal architectural context as well as the direct connection between architecture and society. The project gives an idea of current trends, leading personalities, schools or architectural groups. It focuses on uncovering phenomena and processes, which are behind the origin of contemporary architecture, or which directly affect it.” Michal Kuzemenský lectured as part of the series on April 12, 2017.

As part of the lecture series “Architekt v praxi”, a lecture by Ondřej Synek took place on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 5:00 pm in room A118 at the Faculty of Architecture of the Brno University of Technology, Poříčí 5.

Ondřej Synek speaks with the editor of the regional television Polar, Mrs. R.E. Orlíková in the show HOST DNE on the topic “Adjustments in the center of Opava” related to the project Vision for Slezanka.

An exhibition in the foyer of the Municipal Theater in Děčín, where the overall plans and visualizations of public spaces as well as a detailed project for the restauration of Husovo náměstí square and the lower part of Prokopa Holého street were presented. The construction work should start in full this summer.

In the magazine Zlatý řez no. 39 the article ARCHITEKTURA JE HUMANITNÍ OBOR (ARCHITECTURE IS A HUMANITY FIELD) was published, an interview by Jana Tichá with Michal Kuzemenský and Ondřej Synek, on the topic of the specifics of architectural work and planning in the countryside, cooperation with the general public and the connection between the settlement and the landscape.

Furthermore, the projects ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT OF VOSELNO MUNICIPALITY and MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPORTS FIELD IN ÚSILNÉ were published.

“The dual publication guide to architecture deals with public buildings that were built after 1990 in smaller municipalities and cities in regions of South Bohemia and Upper Austria. It does not primarily monitor their aesthetic qualities but focuses on those projects that were created on the basis of an architectural competition or are the result of long-term conceptual cooperation between the municipality and the architect. The result is a selection of 75 municipal buildings of various scales and typologies (town halls, fire stations, schools, morgues, village squares, boiler rooms, or collection yards), which should serve as examples worth following. The guide is intended for anyone who is interested in the current architecture built from public budgets and has some opportunity to influence the process of its realization. It encourages the reader to visit specific public buildings and public spaces and provides important information and data about them (e.g. how to choose an architect, usable area, or investment costs).”

Publisher: CBA architektura, number of copies: 500, ISBN 978-80-906572-0-5, published building: Sports club Voselno

The author of the text and photographs Miroslav Fuchs / Deník describes the participation of the studio re:architekti with the citizens of the city. Link to the full article below.

Nomination for the Piranesi Award for the Czech Republic for the realization of the playground in Úsilné.

About the dialogue in time with the authors of important buildings during their reconstruction with Martin Jančok (Plural) and Ondřej Synek (re:architekti).
The first lecture in the NORMA SPACE gallery from the Cooperation series will present a type of “between time” cooperation, in which the contemporary architect finds himself in an indirect dialogue with the author of the building he is reconstructing. The studio re:architekti recently participated in the project BUILDING UPON BUILDING, in which they solved the completion of the construction of the grammar school Gymnázium J. K. Tyla in Hradec Králové designed by Josef Gočár. Martin Jančok is engaged for long time in the restoration of the neological synagogue in Žilina designed by Petr Behrens.

How the confrontation with iconic architects manifests itself in the design process will be presented in lectures and developed in a moderated discussion with Vltava Radio host Jaroslava Haladová.

Michal Kuzemenský is nominated for the Architect of the Year 2016 award. Jury’s reasoning (Josef Pleskot, Adam Gebrian, Antonín Novák, Regina Loukotová, Osamu Okamura) for the nomination:

“In the last five years, together with Ondřej Synek, he has been devoted to his work as the head of an architectural atelier at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague, and  the results of their students speak for themselves. Many awards in various student competitions are just an accompanying phenomenon of the exemplary work they do at the faculty. Among other things, they consistently post all their activities connected to their atelier teaching on their own blog, where you can see the course of activities within their atelier – from assignments through consultations to results. Everything is complemented by articles with more general reflection.

In addition, five years ago he founded a successful architectural firm re:architekti with a generation younger colleagues, which focuses on a whole range of projects. Their systematic work for the municipality of Úsilné was selected by the jury as a short nomination for the Architekt obci 2016 award (Architect to the municipality 2016) thanks to their long-term cooperation between architects and local government, which is beneficial and important especially for the quality of life and the cultural development of the residents and our society.“

Other nominees: Marcela Steinbachová, Zdeněk Sendler, Ivan Kroupa, Yvette Vašourková and Igor Kovačević

The Architect of the Year Award is given to a person or persons who have significantly contributed to architecture in the Czech Republic with their innovative approach in the past period of 5 years through specific creative or organizational actions in the field of house design, urban development and landscape design but also through theoretical, educational, promotional, publishing and popularization work. Part of the ceremonial announcement of the results will also be the Award of the Architect to the Municipality, of the Tandem Architect – municipality, which has significantly contributed to the development of public space.

“Thinking about the city – the first lecture from the series Architecture in Space, lectures on architecture for the public. The architect Ondřej Synek lectured in the J. N. Krale villa in Prachatice. With the support from the Czech Architecture Foundation,“ organized by Prostor Prachatice.

Michal Kuzemenský, text for the catalog and the exhibition and UMPRUM ATTACK, p. 55/56, © Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, 2016, ISBN 978-80-86863-84-9
“The catalog presents a selection of student works that were created during the last school year. The exhibiting students were selected according to the criterion of greater or lesser attack (meant positively, but decisively) against a discipline, medium or convention and the contemporary world in general. In addition, the catalog publishes texts of a number of critically and positively distinctive personalities, often with foreign experience, were invited to comment on the existing system of training and the situation of graduates (Dominika Applová, Helena Doudová, Vlastimil Havlík, Pavel Hnilička, Matěj Chabera, Ondřej Chorý, Olo Křížová, Michal Kuzemenský, Petra Matějovičová, Aleš Najbrt, Petr Nový, Sylva Petrová, Tomáš Pospiszyl, Veronika Ruppert, Evžen Šimera and Alan Záruba). The intention of the concept is to bring feedback to the school and at the same time to activate the mutual interaction of the school and the external environment. The UMPRUM ATTACK! exhibition had a sneak preview in the Studio of Graphic Design and Visual Communication, in which everything was concentrated into one “Attack Environment”. The photographer Václav Jirásek then shot this whole, which might be reminiscent of a cabinet of curiosities, surreal environment or set design of an imaginary space. Its appeal lays primarily in the fact that the most important things that characterize UMPRUM were concentrated in one space – namely the interaction and exchange of energy between the students themselves, which is not directed, and for that is all the more immediately intense.

“HOW DO YOU WANT NOTHING, OR HOW DO YOU WANT TOO MUCH? THE PROHIBITED WORD – REGULATION. Discussion with Adam Gebrian and his guests, Desfour Palace, within 4+4 DAYS IN MOTION – 20th International Festival of Contemporary Art, Prague. 

4+4 days in motion invite you to a moderated discussion on Saturday, October 10 at 6 pm, the subject of which will be development and its regulation. The different role of private and public investors. Creating conditions, boundaries, in which the development of the city is to take place. Guests will try to find answers to questions such as: How should the public sector determine conditions that apply to the private one? What is or should be the role of city officials in relation to the built environment? Only regulatory, regulative, or even proactive, i.e. creating a standard for others? How does they see his own role in these processes?

Three architects and politicians will discuss: prof. Miroslav Šik, who has been working at ETH in Zürich for a long time, Michal Kuzemenský from re:architekti studio, who is the head of a architectural atelier at the Faculty of Architecture – Czech Technical University in Prague, Jaroslav Zima – partner of (the) architectural firm D3A, Matěj Stropnický – Prague representative for Trojkoalice, member of the Green Party board, deputy mayor for territorial development.“XS

About the betrayal of memory, the magic of immemory and the not-last things of man “… NEAR-DEATH!” International Festival of Film, Theater, Literature, Music and Fine Arts with the topic of Alzheimer’s disease 21.-24. September 2015

“Experts talk about the topic of betrayal of the memory, the magic of immemory and the not-last things of man: STATUS REPORT – Martina Mátlová, Czech Alzheimer’s Society; RETURN TO MEMORY – Michala Kolářová, National Institute of Mental Health; MEMORIES TRACKERS – Karel Ježek, Laboratory of Experimental Neurophysiology – Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Pilsen; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT – Jarka Švarcbachová, Therapeutic Center and Day Hospital Seňorina; SITTING TO THE TABLE – Dana Hradcová, Bon appetit program; KÁJA, CALL ME – Alena Krásná, Elpida Center – Seniors’ Line; HOW NOT TO GET LOST IN THE HOUSE – Irena Šestáková, Faculty of Architecture ČVUT; LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER – Ondřej Synek, David Pavlišta and Michal Kuzemenský, re:architekti; THE GODMOTHER DEATH AND BUSINESS PASSENGERS – Ondřej Nezbeda and Jakub Hein, Hospice at Home Cesta domů.

LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER. Cross-section of student works, foreign examples and current designs of the studio re:architekti dealing with the topic of old age and memory loss. ONDŘEJ SYNEK, architect, graduate of the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, assistant in the school atelier Kuzemenský & Synek. DAVID PAVLIŠTA, architect, graduate of the Faculty of Arts and Architecture in Liberec. He completed his architectural practice with prof. Martin Rajniš. MICHAL KUZEMENSKÝ, architect, graduate of the Czech Technical University in Prague, head of the Kuzemenský & Synek atelier at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University. re:architekti is an architectural studio that deals with the themes of appropriateness and adequacy in architecture. Last year, the studio was awarded in two architectural competitions for the design of housing for the elderly and the Alzheimer’s Center. “

The studio re:architekti was selected by curators J.Engels & M.Grootveld to design the extension of the grammar school in Hradec Králové by Josef Gočár. The aim of the curatorial work was to map different approaches to building extensions in a way of a dialogue of current and past architects. Collage of the contemporary city. Architectural studios or authors across Europe were selected to explore the topic. The result is summarized in the book BUILDING UPON BUILDING. The book was published as the jubilee issue of FORUM magazine. The link contains a description of the entire curatorial intention.

“The guest of the 135th volume of Bourání was the architect and university pedagogue Michal Kuzemenský, who had already joined us in Bourání once, about four years ago.
This time, the topic of our interview was the Yearbook of Czech Architecture from Prostor Publishing House, which had been recently published and Michal is the curator. That is, the author who selected the set of houses published in it.
We talked about the selection process, the processing of data sent by architects, the fact that architects often do not fulfill the assignment set by someone else. But there were also more serious topics, especially the lack of feedback, the small amount of mutual criticism and zero state support for acts such as the Yearbook of Architecture. At the very end of the interview, there were things that no one has opened up about / discussed before.”

Karolina Vránková reviews the Yearbook of Czech Architecture 2011-2012, by Michal Kuzemenský. The review can be read in the link below.

Petr Vizina spoke with Michal Kuzemenský about his work on the Yearbook of Czech Architecture 2011-2012 and other topics.

The Yearbook of Czech Architecture regularly informs not only the professional but also the general public about the current situation and development of the field and provides inspiration and a space for a public discussion. For those interested from abroad, the yearbook serves as a brief overview of the contemporary Czech architectural scene. The selection of published buildings is always made by one personality, who selects them from the works offered by the invited architects.

Michal Kuzemenský was chosen as the curator of the 2011-2012 yearbook. The 13th year in a row has been published by PROSTOR, ISBN 978-80-87064-13-9

Michal Jedlička conducted an interview with Michal Kuzemenský and Ondřej Synek about the atelier, which they lead at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University. About motivation to teach. About the methods they use. About the meaning of education. About the need to ask questions.

“What is the architectural work platform re:? Where does it originate? Who are the people behind the platform? What are their motivations? What do they do? How do they do it? What are the results of their work? What are they planning? What are they not planning? This is what the re:lecture will be about.”

An evening with the members of the working architectural platform re:, which was formed during a workshop in Vodňany. Michal Kuzemenský, Ondřej Synek, Jiří Žid, Ida Čapounová, David Pavlišta, Jan Vlach.

“The seminar focuses on the central theme of this year’s Architecture Week 2011 Festival from a different perspective – sociological, anthropological, historical and literary.

Representatives of two cultural and social magazines will participate in the search for an answer to the question „What is a Central European city?”: the Warsaw magazine Res Publica Nova (Artur Celiński) and the Brno magazine Host (writer Kateřina Tučková) as well as the well-known Prague architect Michal Kuzemenský. The meeting will also be a presentation of the joint thematic issue of both magazines – Central Europe as City.”

Ondřej Synek and Michal Kuzemenský talked for 20 x 20 seconds about the re:vodňany workshop.

Michal Kuzemenský was the curator of the thematic issue of ERA21 magazine. Apart from curators, the magazine contains two authorial texts by the curator: “Here Are the Lions” and “Where is my home”.

Author’s text about the workshop re:Vodňany, section research, pp.48-49.