Daniela Hradilová
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The site’s development evolves around an existing synagogue and it’s located in the central part of Brno. The main task of this design was to introduce the Jewish community center, Jewish activities and traditions to the public, moreover educate the public on this topic and provide attractive outdoor and indoor spaces that would draw people to this site naturally. Another aim was to make the administration of the community center potentially financially self-sustainable, supported by other public businesses on the site.
The placing of the buildings reacts to the specific demands on privacy of this program. The community center is designed as a semi-private space with the existing synagogue on one side and a big public educational block opposite. The administrative offices, an outdoor
Jewish Community Center
Program: Public
Location: Brno, Czech Republic
Year: 2017
space for the events and the traditional Jewish bath mikveh are located in between these two buildings. The educational building block consists of a library, a museum and a lecture hall. Further north of this building, the structures symbolically fall apart and the plot opens up for the pedestrians. Above the underground parking, there is a kosher restaurant and a commercial rental space.
The building volumes are designed with a very raw sculptural feel and the building roofs are inclined aiming to the center of the plot symbolically. Concrete is used as the main construction material to achieve this sculptural character and is also dominant on the facades of the buildings.