Revitalisation of Blanice housing complex in Týn nad Vltavou

CTU in Prague - Faculty of Civil Engineering

Project idea

The subject of this diploma thesis is the revitalization of housing estate Blanice in northwest part of the town of Týn and Vltavou. The focus of this thesis is on one of the buildings which is a part of an accommodation complex Blanice. This complex had been constructed in order to accommodate workers building a nuclear power plant Temelín. The complex is situated on the slope between old family houses and multi-storey housing development. Heigh buildings of the accommodation complex do not respect the morphology of the earth’s surface, and therefore, are an unattractive landmark visible from nearly every place in the historical centre of the town. The buildings are currently empty and decay. Therefore, the aim is to bring new life into this location and create a connection between the town’s largest housing development and its historical centre. Another part of this proposal is to adapt buildings’ heights to the earth’s surface morphology and to the surrounding buildings in order to create a continuous transition between low family houses in the valley and multi–storey housing estate on the hill. This has already been verified in the pre-diploma thesis as an urban study.

Project description

The building solved in this thesis is the highest building of the complex. One of the many aims is to transform the outdated special arrangement of the building for accommodation into modern social housing so that is up to date and can satisfy all the needs of future users. A key element is a newly designed steel structure of balconies extending above the roof enabling the application of variable components. Considering the building’s location hallway between the housing development and the historical centre and the height of the building offering a view of the entire town of Týn and Vltavou, there has been created an active space on the rooftop in the form of two-level public city park and café with a lookout. Material solution is addressed with minimalism, separating all newly created structures from the original ones using a contrasting colour. The same principle can be applied on the other buildings of the complex including separating new structures with a contrasting colour which can differ for each building, and thus create its identity.

Technical information

The existing building is made of prefabricated concrete panels. The layout has been adjusted to the current requirements with a minimal intervention to the original structure. The newly designed structure is made of steel HEB160 beams which extends over the façade and above the roof park.

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