Renovation of the territory of the Schindler factory in the village of Brno

Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Project idea

The projected area is located in the center of the village of Brno. The aim of the project is to introduce a new function and new facilities into the structure of the factory.
For this purpose, the organization of premises for the museum was developed, an entrance group for visitors (from the north side) and museum employees (from the south side), exhibition halls for the museum and cinema.

The second task of the contest is " Schindler's Ark" is the creation of a prototype of sustainable housing in the former industrial areas of the factory.
This territory has a number of important advantages:
1. Valuable historical and cultural environment. During the analysis of the currently preserved buildings, they were given an assessment of their condition. It was decided to integrate the best preserved building with the identified architectural value into the project with the proposal of restoration and adaptation to modern functions.
2. The projected territory is a connecting element of the residential development of the village of Brno, allowing to create a single front of street development from an abandoned wasteland.
3. Transport accessibility is expressed in the form of proximity of existing bus and train stops.
4. The natural landscape is presented in the form of the abutment of the territory from the western side to the plain with a height difference of 150 m, as well as to the Svitava River in the northeast of the territory.

Project description

The main entrance to the museum's territory will be through the entrance group, which includes a shop and reception. There you can buy tickets and go to the exhibitions. It is assumed that each building is independent, which made it possible to give the viewer a choice from which building to start visiting the museum.
The buildings are functionally separated:
The exhibition spaces are located in building 2-5. In the 1st building there is a public space for events, workshops, lectures. The archive and exhibition halls are located in the 2nd building in the historical building.
A memorial part has been designed in the 4th building: inside the pavilion there is an alley of survivors. This is a closed greenhouse, where the names of people who escaped during the Second World War are immortalized. The names of the deceased are also written around the greenhouse and are inside the pavilion in the dark. This artistic technique made it possible to separate and perpetuate the names of those who embroidered and those who died. You can also visit a temporary media exhibition in the new building. After passing through it, the visitor finds himself in a gloomy corridor that leads to the street. This technique symbolizes hope and faith, a metaphor for the famous saying "light at the end of the tunnel."
Building 5 is a public area with coworking, lecture halls, a recreation area and a food court, rooms for museum staff.
Building 6 is the administration of the museum.
1 and in the 6th building there is a collection and archive. Art and restoration workshops are also provided in this block.
A playground for a summer cinema hall has been designed on the territory of the museum.

The project proposal for the revitalization of the territory and the creation of an ecological complex includes the following points:
1. Accommodation of residential modules that meet the needs of both the local population and tourists visiting the museum cluster. A total of 25 residential buildings have been designed, 20 of which are classified as low–rise individual buildings with a one-time residence of several generations, and 5 are medium-rise residential buildings. The latter belong to the type of colivings popular in Europe. This approach is designed to strengthen social interaction, solve the problem of separation of older people and provide young people who are unable to purchase their own housing with access to decent and environmentally friendly living conditions.
2. Reconstruction and adaptation of historical buildings. The project proposed three functions: the administration, the head of the complex, a leisure center designed to attract residents and performing educational and cultural and entertainment functions, as well as an existing store, the function of which does not change.
3. The construction of a pedestrian zone with the integration of public gardens and vegetable gardens intended for residents of kolivings. In particular, this zone is part of a tourist route through architectural monuments, starting from the museum in the north, passing through the ecological complex and ending in the north, where the villa of the Lev-Beer family, the original owner of the factory before the occupation by the Germans and the organizer of this competition, is located.

Technical information

The structural scheme of the new structures is framed. The museum is designed from monolithic reinforced concrete with the use of farms.

For Europe, where the issue of environmental friendliness is quite acute, the formation of ecological complexes becomes a priority task. These complexes are created in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment and ensure the sustainability of the development of territories. The following technological aspects were involved in the project of ecological complex:
1. Using eco-friendly building material such as CLT panels
2. The use of solar panels to generate electricity.
3. The use of a heat pump and supply and exhaust ventilation with heat recovery, which can reduce the cost of heating a building by up to 50%.
4. Efficient use of water resources: collection and reuse of rainwater, installation of wastewater treatment systems.

Thus, it was possible to create a complex combining both modern technological architecture, taking into account environmental trends, and valuable historical buildings, which together gives the territory a special cultural value and uniqueness.