The event is the culmination of a joint semester project in which more than 130 students from FA CTU, ARCHIP, TU Delft, TU Liberec and BUT Brno. They thought about the future of the Czech Republic and now come up with hundreds of ideas for afforestation, national parks, industrial production, transport infrastructure, housing, demography, population density, ecology, sociology or economy. "Winy Maas is working at our faculty this academic year as a visiting professor. I believe that he is an inspiration and enrichment for our students and professional community. The result of the work of the students under his guidance was the 3D installation Biotopia in the winter semester. In the summer semester, the studio focused on the analysis of current topics of the Czech Republic and its potential," says Dalibor Hlaváček, dean of the FA CTU.

Project CZ2: Visions for the Czech Republic will presented on a large-format model in the atrium of the Faculty of Architecture of CTU, complemented by maps, analyses, interviews with experts and a film documenting the entire process. "We delved deeper into the health of the Czech population and looked for ways in which design can contribute to its improvement. We have decided to incorporate movement into the everyday life of society and are coming up with a set of measures to support cycling as a full-fledged substitute for car transport," says student Lucie Bielaková. Mikuláš Ott focused on environmental issues: "I was surprised by the data on the large pollution of Czech rivers, which I propose to solve with weirs and root cleaners." He also focused on animal migration and proposed corridors connected to the zoo.

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TU Delft professor Winy Maas combines practice with research. He is the founder of the think tank The Why Factory, which explores the possibilities of developing the cities of the future, and the MVRDV studio, awarded for its innovative approach to the architecture of buildings, cities and landscapes. In the Czech Republic, the architectural firm MVRDV took part in the competition for the building of the Mehrin Moravian Jewish Museum in Brno last year and is also competing in the ongoing competition for the completion of Victory Square in Prague.

Exhibition opening will take place on May 31, 2023.

Program:

15.00 Tour of the model, interviews with guests, public debate

18.00 Reception

The exhibition can be visited until June 26 daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., admission is free.