Visualization of an architectural design
Author: Pelčák a partner architekti, s.r.o.Visualization of an architectural design
Author: Pelčák a partner architekti, s.r.o.Visualization of an architectural design
The building completes the boundary of the Letná Plain in the still undeveloped western section of Milady Horáková Avenue, with all existing buildings forming the edge of the park being of the same height. This large-scale, defining horizontal building line emphasizes the distinctive edge of Prague’s topography. All the buildings comprising this grand urban form are on a large metropolitan scale. The hotel completes the historically established composition on the northern side of Letná, at the western edge of its plain. Further to the west, the situation is entirely different. Here, the design employs a strategy of analogy. The street-facing facade is the same height as the neighboring Molochov block; it features a similarly recessed top floor and bay windows on both ends. The lengths of Molochov and the hotel are in the golden ratio. The western part of the structure is a cantilever overhanging the Blanka Tunnel ramp. It thus reinforces the character of the street space and creates a striking facade for the entire grand urban form of the plain. In terms of scale and size, the building corresponds to the surrounding development, with which it forms a single urban unit—the “embankment” of Letná Park. At the same time, the design complements and concludes the block-like texture of Letná’s development where it meets the more intimate structure of the Bubeneč garden district, with the boundary between the two formed by a break in the terrain along which the Buštěhrad railway line runs. The hotel’s eastern, transverse wing establishes a future street along the stadium’s main grandstand, leading to the extension of Nad Královskou oborou Street. Today’s enclosed AC Sparta complex will thus be opened up and structured by public spaces. The western wing, which descends in height toward the lower-density development of Bubeneč, forms a noise barrier for the villas on Na Zátorce Street by following the curve of the ramp from the Blanka Tunnel. The hotel complex also faces the villas’ gardens with the green spaces of its landscaped courtyards and along the railroad tracks. All vehicle access to the hotel is via a new street running alongside the stadium’s main grandstand. The most attractive parts of the hotel—namely the ground floor and the top floor—house publicly accessible facilities, including restaurants, bars, a wellness center, and a fitness center with a swimming pool. In the hotel courtyard, there is a rooftop garden above the conference spaces, which are also located in the basement. The hotel entrance is on the eastern corner, accessed through a large urban loggia that also shelters the vehicle driveway. In addition to the two-story loggia, the entrance is accentuated by the overall design of the street facade, whose perforations increase from west to east, thus opening up toward the entrance. It features a dynamic, varied rhythm created by sculptural shaping and the shifting positions of window openings grouped in pairs corresponding to the rooms. This system lends the facade—classically divided into a base, main body, and arcade—a grand scale and vitality. Its sharp edges are created by textured plaster, while the base will be clad in stone.
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