Czechscape

Klára Pučerová

Czechscape

Portrait of contemporary Czech landscape architecture

The CzechScape publication deals with the increasingly discussed theme of landscape architecture. This showcase of Czech creations, with generous overlap into other related disciplines, deliberately exceeds the borders of conventional understanding of the field.  Issues are approached in a very complex way: a combination of landscaping itself, gardening, the urban environment, architecture and interventions in public spaces. Projects of architects as well as artists working in the '60s form the introductory section. Subsequent chapters focus primarily on contemporary creations. The public will therefore have the opportunity of learning about well-known projects, as well as those almost forgotten, unpublicised and previously inaccessible private projects.
 
The publication was published on occasion of the eponymous exhibition in the jaroslav Fragner Gallery in Prague 18. 6. - 9. 9. 2014.

Contents:

Dan Merta: CzechScape
Ateliér 4dim - Klára Stachová, Andrea Honejsková, Jakub Hepp: Czech Landscapes
Radmila Fingerová, Petr Mičola: Landscape architecture in Czecheslovakia in 1918 - 1968
Ivan Otruba: It all began in Želešice
Vladimír Sitta: The years of (non)normalization 1969 - 1989
Petr Kratochvíl: Landscape - Urban Landscape / The Public Space

PILOT AND STARTUP PROJECTS
Franciscan Garden
Botanical garden and arboretum in Brno
The scar of Želešice
Flora Olomouc garden shows - original shows from 1958 - 1973
Friendship Park
The mini-landscape of Fifejdy
Laying nappies near Sudoměř
Karlova Studánka spa
Artificial landscape

LANDSCAPE AND THE OUTDOORS
Čebínka quarry
Suspended cycle bridge in Kadaň
Stations of the Cross and chapel near Šarovy
Růžena´s quarry
A room in the landscape
Landscaping for the Ležáky memorial site
Cross - gate
The landscape around Nečín
Forest Carpet for the Accidental Mushroomer
Renovation of Bradlo Peak
Re:vodňany 2012 at Zátiší park
Na Ptáčkově bus stop
Botanical Garden in a former quarry near Štramburk

THE PRIVATE GARDEN
Quarry house and garden
The Trnka garden
In pursuit of Piet Mondrian
Garden in Lhota
Wild garden
SNĚŽANKA VILLA GARDEN
Garden in Hranice
Garden in Králův Dvůr - Počaply
Preslova garden

PARKS AND PUBLIC GARDENS
Green areas of Prague Castle after 1989
Monastery gardens in Litomyšl
Revitalization of the parks and public spaces of Palacký University in Olomouc
Chateau park in Ctěnice
Reconstruction of Denis Gardens in Brno
Renewal of Šelepka Park
Malinová - Chrpová urban Park
Revitalisation of the Bastion at the Wayside Crosses
The banks of the Loučná river in Litomyšl
Inner countryard behind Žižkov Depot
Open garden and counselling centre for an NGO
Park on Slovanské náměstí
Revitalization of Na Václavce Park
Ladronka Leisure Complex
Tiee Chmelar herb garden in Valtice
Memorial to thr victimes of communism in Liberec

GREEN AREAS OF COMERCIAL PREMISES
Spielberk Office Park
Classic 7
Futurama Bisines Park
Cornlofts Šaldova
Atrium of J&T Bank
Nový Smíchov Shopping Centr
Vinohradská 230 atrium and terraces
Rooftop gardens at the ČSOB Headquarters Building
Small inner countryard in Anděl City
Large inner countryard in Anděl City
Campus Park in Bohunice

PUBLIC SPACES
Modification of the public spaces of Horní Náměstí in Olomouc
Reconstruction of Kostelní Náměstí in Broumov
Reconstruction of T. G. M. square in Frýdlant
Revitalozation of Řezáč Square in Prague
Cheb Pedestrian Zone

Municipal market in Nový Jičín

Bus station in Litomyšl
Countryard of the Teacher Training School in Litomyšl
Maxipes Fík Embankment in Kadaň
Tyrš Bridge in Přerov
Revitalization of Pražské Předmětí in Žatec
Modifications of St. George´s Squareat Prague Castle
Revitalization of Gahura´s Prospect in Zlín

PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS
Picnic on the Bringe
UrbanACT: Instant park
Containers for the World.
The embankment lives!
Station buffet
Pianos on the Street
Arterial road = new Pragie street
Second Chance
About a Table and a Chair

Jaroslav Frágner Gallery, Prague 2014, 280 x 215 mm, 288 pages, Czech and English, ISBN 978-80-905782-3-4