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The school is developing greatly in scale, in complexity, and in scope.

This year, we have more studios; more students; more advanced

curricula; and we have more success!

We have begun international projects with Dessau and Bergen. We

have exchanged visits and visions, and we will collaborate next year on

a joint project.

We have always based our urban studios in the reality of Prague’s

urban development. This year, specifically, our attention was given

to Karlín’s expanded cultural spaces, namely, its riverfront at Přístav

18600 and the unused urban spaces within the former Kasárna

building.

We have experienced the complexities involved with realizing the 1:1

construction of our winning projects from the In(Cube)ator competition.

Yet, finally, 2 of the winning ‘cubes’ will be built in Prague, while the

‘3:2’ staircase project will be built in the olympic village at Lipno.

We are preparing the international summer workshop with

international guests, including Victoria Garriga from Fundación Miralles

and Jakub Cigler from Jakub Cigler architekti, which will include the

participation of 20 students from a school in Shanghai, China among

others. And we have organized an extra week of orientation for our

students to get to know each other, and to encounter – probably for the

first time – people from unknown, new places in the world.

We continue with the Global AD studio, which is crowned this year

with an experimental pavilion, “Distorted Horizon”. And we continue to

foster our role within the cultural, educational and social life of Prague

7- as well as to further our cooperation with the City of Prague.

We salute Design Disco, for its activities and its successes! We are

always happy to hear from our alumni, for their surprise visits, and for

their desire – as is ours – to be in touch, even after graduation.

We wish all our students, and our dear Graduates especially, great

success and satisfaction!

Thank you and Congratulations!

Regina Loukotová

Rector

architectural institute in prague / archip

The plan to found a truly international school of architecture in Prague

originated around architects Martin Roubík (1949–2008) and Regina

Loukotová.

ARCHIP started in the academic year 2011/2012. It is the only college

of architecture in Central Europe to offer a complete 3-year Bachelor

programme and a 2-year Master’s programme in Architecture and

Urbanism – in English.

The concept of teaching is based on putting architecture in the

context of other disciplines. Previously neglected fields such as

landscape design, urbanism, public space development or monument

conservation are also studied.

The college promotes the use of architectural models, teamwork,

presentation skills and debate.

The study programme is supported by many other activities,

international contacts, events and public lectures, tours and summer

workshops.

ARCHIP benefits from being situated in Prague, the capital of the Czech

Republic. This location offers students the opportunity to study and live

in an environment whose architecture and urbanism have evolved for

over a thousand years; from Romanesque architecture to modern and

contemporary buildings.

Prague is reputed to be one of the most magnificent cities in the world,

with a historical town centre that has been on UNESCO’s list of cultural

heritage sites since 1992.

ARCHIP started its operation in 2011 in Veletržní Palace, a modernist

landmark from the interwar period.

From 2012, ARCHIP’s premises have been based in the Kartografie

Praha building in Prague 7, adjacent to the Letná Orchards, close to

the city centre. The two buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th

centuries originally housed a printing workshop.

Recently renovated, the premises have kept their industrial character –

and provide an inspirational design environment.

ARCHIP is a private college, accredited by the Ministry of Education,

Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

The first 20 bachelors from the 2013/14 class graduated in June 2014.

And the first year of the school’s accredited Master’s programme

began in in the 2015/16 academic year.

All together ARCHIP has more than 50 students in total, coming from

32 different countries.

architectural design

The organisation of the Architectural Design (AD) studio at Archip

follows the principles of the ‘Vertical studio’ model. The Vertical studio

is organised by combining students of different years into a single

studio. Within the Vertical studio, all years cooperate on a single site

and program, yet their scale, scope and aims are different.

A series of introductory projects initiate and familiarise the first

year students with the school, the city, the neighbourhood, and their

colleagues. These projects are called ‘Piece of Prague’, ‘MySpace’, and

‘Team Building’. The final, 6th term is dedicated to the Bachelor project.

In the first year, students explore the fundamentals of form, tectonics,

drawing, scale, geometry, model-making, and the abstraction of spatial

concepts. In the second year, students analyze and develop a formal

language of architecture. In the third year, students articulate the

integration of systems and layers in a developed architectural project.

Briefs cover different scales and types of problems and are constantly

changing. There have been small buildings and dwellings, large

buildings with public uses, reconstructions of interiors, as well as

landscaping of public space. Each studio is under the direction of a

different pair of studio leaders. After each semester, students switch

studios, and are therefore exposed to the full range of practices and

design thinking specific to each studio. For their final semester, third

year students are allowed to select the studio of their choice. For one

term, students also work in teams.

architectural design studiOs – tutOrs

2015/2016:

Bachelor’s:

NASADIL STUDIO – Pavel Nasadil (CZ), Elan Fessler (US)

PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Petra Fialová (CZ)

SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ), Elan Fessler (US)

WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul Delave (US)

Master’s:

NASADIL STUDIO – Pavel Nasadil (CZ)

SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ)

2014/2015:

PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Klára Doleželová (CZ)


WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul DeLave (US)

2013/2014:

PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Klára Doleželová (CZ)


WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul DeLave (US)

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piece Of prague

Piece of Prague asks students to explore the city through a set of

drawings on one A1 sheet. They should make a section through the city

and tell a story about the place, showing it in plan and elevation. It is

an exercise to connect the human experience of time and space within

a physical environment within the city, and to represent this in basic

architectural drawings.

winter term 2015/2016

MY space

My Space asks students to explore the main studio hall and to build

a model. This task has the dual purpose of providing each student

an opportunity to express their personality and of promoting, on the

second week of school, an intimate connection between each student

and the main studio hall. The site is located physically within the studio

space, so students can imagine themselves living as they wish within

the space of the school. Since all projects share this common setting,

the qualities and differences between students can be easily discussed.

winter term 2013/2014 winter term 2015/2016

teaM building

Team Building is a group project located around the neighbourhood of

the school. Students are to make drawings, models and a presentation.

There is always a social and cultural dimension to this project, and it

also helps to familiarise the students with the area around the school.

They begin to cooperate with others and to investigate important

places within the near context and they propose improvements to the

public space. This year’s project was Light(er-than-water)House, a

floating cultural space on the river.

winter term 2015/2016 winter term 2013/2014

architectural design 1–5

KYJe linKTERRACED URBAN HOUSING IN PRAGUE 14

Each studio was responsible for two rows of terraced houses within a

larger master plan designed by Schindler Seko Architects. The projects

from all studios were collected and presented within a large, common

model at 1:50 scale. This project explored the potential for high-density

townhouses within the picturesque area of Kyje, outside the city center,

in Prague 14. This building type was chosen as a good form of urban

housing, due to its high density and efficient use of land, as well as

the degree of privacy and distinction that is afforded to each individual

house. Students designed dwellings according to the demands of

three real clients, each with a markedly different lifestyle and family

situation. There was a house for a family, a house for a recluse and a

house for a young and social athlete. The 3rd year students designed

two houses with a shared garden, while the 1st year students designed

a single house for themselves or their families.


art KaMpusTHE KAMPA MUSEUM ExTENSION

Students proposed changes to the buildings and the neighbourhood of

the Kampa Museum, situated in the historical core of Prague, directly

on the bank of the Vltava river. The institution, settled in the historical

building of Sova’s Mills, is a gallery of modern art that presents

collections of two important 20th century fine artists (František

Kupka and Otto Gutfreund), owns several other collections and also

organizes short-term exhibitions. The academic project was prepared

in close collaboration with the museum and the brief reflected its real

problems, especially a lack of space and necessary flood protection.

An important part was also the landscape and public space design

and response to the unique historical context. Students developed

an extension of the institution / in different scales and extents. The

neighbourhood was presented on a common 1:200 scale model, and

the architectural project itself at 1:100.

summer term 2013/2014

bubnY fields

An urban landscape project focused on the space between buildings

and the human scale within an urban context. Each studio is

developing an area approximately 40‚000m2 which covers multiple

city blocks, streets, spaces and landmarks at a range of scales. The

project is based on the proposed masterplan for Prague-Bubny, by

CMC Architects, and is located on a vast brownfield within the heart

of Prague 7. The partially abandoned, historical railway landscape

is to become an integrated part within the urban fabric of the city.

Students supplemented their work with site visits, presentations from

the developer, and analytical investigations into urban spaces and

typologies.


The trees running in straight lines of different texture, envisioned as a dynamic urban space; it moves in time and change with the seasons. In one gesture, it narrates a story of landscape taking over and expanding over the public space and architecture, therefore transforming the way that the mass and the space is perceived and enjoy by the public. It is a garden of contrast: the contrast between native and exotic trees, between the green and yellow colours, between the trees and grey paving. In form, the garden engages the horizontal plaza with the rising vertical plane of the buildings.

TThe vacant zones become accessible once more and are filled with activities. This is achieved by planting trees and lawns threaded with paths that turn emptiness into a relaxing environment.

It is the idea of giving public space back to the public by turning it into gardens, parks and hybrid environments of greenery. This approach aims at an integration or at least at a challenging blend of nature and culture.

Great places have a good balance. They are alive and vibrant; yet provide spaces for calm and tranquility. They are dense and encourage mixing, yet also create room for separateness and privacy.

LaLastly, the garden is not only designed for visitor to ascend and descend, but for them to linger, and just be…

CONCRETE JUNGLE

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3 - BUBNY FIELDS - PALASCAK + DOLEZELOVA STUDIO - WINTER TERM 2014/2015 - SHEET 1/2

culturail fOruMA CENTRE FOR THE PAST AND FUTURE

The Culturail Forum project was a renovation of the Bubny Rail

Depot in Holesovice, a building approximately 10‚000m2 in size.

Each proposal aimed to create a 24 hour hub of urban activity, and a

new cultural centre at the heart of Prague 7. Proposals ranged from

schools to museums, performing arts centers to collaborative hubs,

and everything in between. All projects addressed a different approach

to preservation and demolition, the challenge of integrating old and

new structures, and the philosophical question of creating a 21st

century identity within a 19th century place.

3D Shots

Interior Shots

Museum

Theater Outdoor Screening

West Elevation Scale 1:200

Cross-Section Scale 1:200

North Elevation South Elevation Cross-Section Interaction SpaceCross-Section Theater

Theater

in[cube]atOr

A temporary dwelling for 2 adults (and max. 2 kids) was located

within the recreational area of Přístav 18600, near the edge of the

Vltava river in Karlín, Prague 8. The maximum volume was 33m3.

It was to be accessible for pedestrians and could be accessible for

bicycles. The usage was to be seasonal (from spring to autumn), and

did not need heating, electricity, toilets or bathrooms. Environmental

influences were considered (solar protection, natural ventilation, views

and lighting, etc.), as well the social and cultural environment being

developed in the area. The dwellings were utilitarian, yet conceptual.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 5 – OPERATION: IN[CUBE]ATOR – SCHINDLER STUDIO – WINTER TERM 2015/2016 SIMON SKOGSTAD

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The siteMy main focus on the site was the beautiful big three which is placed in the middle of the site. It became the starting point for my orientation.

The voidThe volume wraps around - creating a void which becomes a courtyard for those who uses the volume. It is an extention of the volume, which becomes apparent when opening the wall and it connect the interior volume and the tree.

In or up?When arriving to the volume one is faced with two options. Do you want to go inside the volume, or do you want to go to the top of the volume?

33m3 11m3 44m3

InThe interior main function is for sleeping. There are three differ-ent sleepingspaces. One is fitting for two persons. The spaces in which, makes the beds feel like a safe nest to fall asleep in.

UpWalking up the roof leads you to a point at 4.3 meters above ground level. A perfect spot to enjoy a danish.

MaterialsThe walls, the beds, and the floor is all made up of the threelayered timber boards. The roof is made of corrugated metal sheets. The foundation is a combinated of concrete and timber.

Horizontal circulation Vertical circulation

BEDS OPENINGS

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

HORIZONTALCIRCULATION

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Screwgate CarabinerL : 108 mmWorking Load Limit: 25 kN

Screwgate CarabinerL : 108 mmWorking Load Limit: 25 kN

Polyester WebbingW : 35 mmMinimum breaking strength : 25kN (2.5 tons)

Polyester WebbingW : 25 mmMinimum breaking strength : 25kN (2.5 tons)

Polyester Rope (Braided)Ø 3 mmBreaking Load: 150 kg

Stainless Steel WireØ 2 mm

Aluminium Round RungØ 35 mm

Steel RingØ 6mm

Heavy Duty Ratchet Buckle

Transluscent 90DPolyester-NylonComposite

White 90DPolyester-NylonComposite

90D Polyester-NylonComposite

Anodised Aluminium AlloyØ 8.5 mm

Single Sleeping Pod

Double Sleeping Pod

Instead of maxmising the square meter for the shelter, the objective of my project is to minimise the square meter, building footprints, and its impact on the environment.

People draw a boundary for themselves to claim a space more than they need. As Rem Koolhaas’s remark of architecture practice, "we have built more than all previous history together, but we hardly register on the same scales.”, it leads one thinking what is actually needed for a temporary dwelling that does not even require a bathroom. Putting a wall between yourself and nature sounds cross-pur-pose of enjoying a break from the city. If we look at animal’s lair or living space, they oen seek a shelter that its size is befitting, neces-sary and humble.

Hereby, my notion of living is redefined by dissolving the walls and hard lines that we drew, but to simply swaddle ourselves in a fat-free space and enjoy whatever nature provides. By having no boundaries for dwelling, indeed the space we have is boundless.

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From the beginning of the project my perception of s shelter, was that its main purpose was that it should connect with its surroundings. And as the site is located in the center of Prague, it is surrounded by na-ture. My approach towards finding the right balance between public and private space in such a site, was to make the shelter out of gabi-on baskets. Not onlz is the building material is easy to work and quick to build – it i salso very inexpensive. Further more, the qualities of this material is that the shelter will not be serving as a comfortable sleeping area during the winter season due to its lack of holding a high temperature. However, without its tent covering, the shelter can serve the purpose of a sculpture in the landscape during winter.

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inside Outside

This year’s Bachelor project was located within the main building and

grounds of the Karlín Barracks. The structure was built for military

purposes, between 1844–1845, for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It

is a complex with a long military tradition, yet today, its potential for

renovation is being considered. The existing 135 meter by 85 meter

open-air courtyard was the project site for all ARCHIP students. The

project was to create discrete but interwoven pieces of the city, both

architectural and urban, within the context of this under-utililized

historic structure embedded in the heart of Prague. The existing

courtyard was “opened up” to the urban fabric of Karlín, with new

residential and pedestrian spaces.

glObal architecture design

gad instructOrs

2015/16:

STUDIO – Martin Gsandtner (SK)

SEMINAR – Martin Hejl (CZ)

WORKSHOP – Tsikolia Shota (GE)

2014/15:

STUDIO – Adam Vukmanov (RS)


WORKSHOP – Martin Gsandtner (SK)

2013/14:

STUDIO – Adam Vukmanov (RS)


WORKSHOP – Alessio Erioli (IT)

gad prOJect winter 2015/16COMPETITION PAVILION

The project for the first 2015/16 semester was a proposed DJ

competition pavilion imagined as an interactive space, and placed

along an existing island in the Vltava river in Prague. With the vision

to produce kinetic and interactive space, the projects explored and

defined motion processes from the microscopic world of nature.

Using Brownian motion, aggregations, fractal systems and subdivision

processes, environments were created as living ecosystems and

interactive, natural tools. These natural tools and their behavioural

processes created new pavilion typologies and put forward new

topological investigations representing interaction and dialogue

between musicians, visitors and pavilion space.

gad prOJect suMMer 2015/16DISTORTED HORIZON

The proposal was made for the ANIFILM festival in Třeboň. Třeboň is

a medieval city in the region of South Bohemia and a UNESCO site of

world heritage. It has a rich and intriguing past that goes as far back

as to the 12th century. The town’s cultural life is as lively as its history,

so it comes as no surprise that it hosted the ANIFILM festival – an

international festival of animated films that will gather participants

from around the world. The highly detailed project is itself an animated

figure: it includes live-response technology in order to interact and

communicate with the people who approach it. One student, Ben

James used this year’s GAD studio towards his diploma project.

studY trips

Throughout the years at ARCHIP, trips are organized to various cities

and events around Prague.

venice, italY

15 students from all three years went on the weekend excursion

organized by Jason Nam, our 2014 alumnus.

berlin, gerManY

Students went to Berlin for a two day visit, to explore the city and

to take part in the Speculative Practice II, Lecture Series with the

Architecture Design Innovation Program (ADIP) at the Technical

University of Berlin.

brnO, czech republic

ARCHIP students visited Brno, a city of modern culture near Vienna,

and only 2.5 hours from Prague. Brno is renown for its architecture,

most especially Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat, from 1929.

dessau and leipzig, gerManY

On another school trip to Dessau and Leipzig, ARCHIP students and

teachers visited Leipzig West after discovering the potential site for the

next Architectural Design project on the East part of the city.

exhibitiOns

ARCHIP’s first public exhibition of student projects was displayed in the

form of a street exhibition in Karlín. The Winter term 2015/16 projects

from our undergraduate and graduate students were shown in the

store front of River Garden III building at Rohanské nábřeží during April

and May 2016. We kindly thank HB Reavis and Karlín Kosorcium for

their support!

design discO

ARCHIP students Jason Nam (‘14) and Ben James (‘16) have founded,

developed and launched ‘Design Disco!’ – a design education program

that introduces Czech high school students to the fields of architecture

and design.

The program is student-led and relies on other ARCHIP students, like

Atoosa Ghanaei (‘15) and Anastasia Lavrova (‘16), to help serve as

tutors to the high school students and to oversee projects and give

design lectures. To date, Design Disco! has held lectures at four local

high schools around Prague, and is now set to launch its first summer

workshop on June 20th at ARCHIP, with students from multiple high

schools.

cOOplanning

ARCHIP organizes a series of free public lectures, called

COOPLANNING (cooperation in urban planning). This series covers

current topics in architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture,

politics and self-government, development, non-governmental

organizations and economics.

Apart from many local architects and other professionals, we

welcomed several significant guests from abroad – like Birger

Sevaldson (NO), Dana Ponec (NL), Charlie Hughes (UK), Jamel Clouche

(FR), Joerg Coqui (DE), Igor Marko (UK), Mark Frederickson (US), Artur

Jasinski (PL) and Aneti Markopoulou (GR).

cOnferences

cOntested citY

ARCHIP was a co-organizer of the conference “Contested City:

European Experience with Citizen Participation in Designing Strategic

Visions of the City” which took place over three days at Bio Oko and

ARCHIP.

The conference was based on the premise that ideal urban

development connects the interests of citizens, developers, investors

and politicians. The focus was on the European experience with

citizens’ participation in designing strategic visions of cities, and

was presented in an educational rather than an academic way. The

conference presented municipal politicians and authorities, NGOs,

professionals and students of disciplines concerned with town and

strategic planning with personal experience and actual approaches in

participatory urban planning.

frOM brOwnfields tO living urban spaces

The Conference, hosted by ARCHIP at the end of February, was titled

“From Brownfields to Living Urban Spaces” and addressed possible

approaches to the conversion of the underused urban area of Bubny-

Zatory, Prague. The Conference began with Visions, Projects and

Inspirations and concluded with a Round Table Discussion with a full-

range of stakeholders.

Participants included representatives from the Institute of Planning

and Development of the City of Prague, the Municipality of Prague 7,

the owner of the site CPI Property Group, the architect of the master

plan CMC Architects, Czech and American academics and architects

and of course our students, faculty and guests. All stakeholders

presented their visions and their aspirations for this future 21st century

urban centre. The discussions and debates spanned from the history

of the site to new strategies for environmental and urban design,

community and citizen participation.

students recOgnitiOns

pŘÍstav 18600 (2014–15)

In the Winter term 2014/15, ARCHIP students took part in a

competition for the best concept for the transformation of Přístav

18600 at the Vltava riverbank in Karlín into a natural and creative,

wild yet organized space to enjoy music, performance, nature and

community. The overall winners were Sondre Hermundstad (’15) and

Feliks Isaksen (’15). One of the finalists was Simon Skogstad (’16).

in[cube]atOr (2015–16)

In the Winter term 2015/16, students, faculty and the organisers of

Přístav 18600 selected one winning IN[CUBE]ATOR project from each

studio to be built. The winners were Lars Schmidt (’17), Jasper Cooper

(’17) and Kryštof Redčenkov (’18). Each of these projects provide

double-purposes, as a place for temporary dwelling and as additional

public features within the Přístav recreational landscape.

acOustic cOMpetitiOn (2015–16)

ARCHIP hosted an open competition for students, in search of ideas

and solutions to improve the acoustics in the main studio hall. Three

finalists presented their proposals, including the design concept,

construction techniques and a budget estimate. Two first place

winners were selected: Kasimir Suter Winter and Tina Athari (’18) who

proposed recycling 100‚000 paper coffee cups into a woven fabric

on the ceiling, and Benjamin James (’16) proposed a parametrically

designed system of engineered acoustic panels.

bachelOrs 2015/16

Nawar Majed Al Talli (SY)

Ka Man Constance Chung (HK)

Petr Frank (CZ)

Benjamin Wade James (US)

Iman Ibrahim Mohamed AlJoaki (BR/LY)

Anastasia Lavrova (RU)

Tarek Mamdouh Ali A Bder (EG)

Dave Orlando (ID)

Simon Andreas Sørgjerd Skogstad (NO)

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PART III / 2013–16

photos: © Rostislav Zapletal, Dominik Kučera, Andrea Lhotáková, ARCHIP archive

layout: Filip Blažek – Designiq

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