Co nám zbylo z brutalismu? Poválečná architektura v centru města

Architecture rarely wakes up as strong passions as brutalism. Raw concrete, austere aesthetics, monumental scale - regime symbols, or jewelry of modernism? The commented walk of the Mapamátky association will present buildings of post -war architecture in the center of Prague - the preserved, transformed and no longer existent. Brutalist character. We will pass past the Kotva department store in the reconstruction, the building of the main station, which is waiting for the reconstruction, and the new buildings of the National Museum. We will commemorate the fate of Transgas and the transformation of the former ČKD building, and we will also look at the reconstructed from May and the New Stage of the National Theater, which is about to renew. The importance of these buildings and the way we treat them are changing. What do we do well, what wrong - and what will we stay from the Prague post -war architecture in the city center? Faculty, opposite the Fairmont Hotel. The guided tour will take approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. By entering the event, the participants agree to take photographs. Book tickets for goout. The organizer of the event has the right to cancel the walk due to illness or bad weather with the condition of notification to participants no later than 24 hours before the event. In this case, the participants will be returned to the full amount.

Who are we? Through author's walking routes, maps, publications and educational events, architecturally valuable buildings are presented in their historical, urban and social contexts. The aim is to bring quality architecture closer to the wider public simply and entertaining.