Reconstruction of a historic building in the center of the city into a five-star hotel of the Barceló chain.
The building of today's hotel was built in the middle of the 19th century to a design by the famous Viennese architect Franz Fröhlich. The original design envisaged the creation of a residential house with different types of rooms and an ingenious system of stairs. The palace facade contrasts with the romantic style of the interior.
The hotel on Šilingrov Square was created by the reconstruction of the dilapidated building of the Municipal Court, which used to be the district court and the city museum. This Neo-Renaissance building is currently considered a cultural monument, previously it was also known as the Burgher's Palace.
The 5-star boutique hotel Barceló offers a total of 119 luxurious rooms, conference halls, as well as a spa and relaxation areas. From the last fifth floor, the guest can look directly at the starry sky over Brno through the attic window.
K4 a.s. processed the documentation for the execution of the construction and the documentation for the alteration of the construction before completion.
Superstructure of the administrative building of Kooperativa in the Unigea complex in Brno-Modřice.
Complete project documentation and copyright supervision.
Extension of the Olympia shopping center in Pilsen with two buildings with a total floor area of approximately 8500 m², including complete infrastructure for both buildings and related construction of KIKA department store. Successful cooperation between the design team and the project management team. Documentation for construction management and implementation project associated with tender documentation, project management.
VELUX has been producing roof windows for 80 years, operates in 40 countries and employs 9.5 thousand employees. Its headquarters in the Czech Republic are located in Brno and production and storage facilities in Vyškov.
After successfully mastering the project of the new building of the administrative and training center in Brno, K4 processed the complete project documentation, provided engineering activities and copyright supervision in both stages of construction of the administrative, production and storage area of VELUX in Vyškov.
U-shaped apartment complex with commercial premises. It is a modern housing where metal elements, timeless solutions of terraces and exteriors are used. On the ground floor there are commercial spaces, garage spaces and plenty of parking spaces near the house.
The Lesná housing estate in Brno was created at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. The architects who designed it drew inspiration in far-flung Finland. At that time, a rather unique housing estate was created in our conditions.
Among the prefabricated houses, objects for civic amenities were planted in the greenery. However, with the change of time, these lost their functionality and began to remain empty, unused. Shops and other services moved elsewhere. Thus, the idea arose to use the existing building, to preserve the space for business in it and to supplement it with housing.
In contrast to the surrounding extensions on prefabricated apartment buildings and attached balconies in a style often referred to among the people as “entrepreneurial baroque”, the architect chose austere, clean architecture for the new building. Thanks to this, the house sensitively fits into the existing greenery. The project partially used existing load-bearing structures and was supplemented by a three-storey superstructure and a six-storey extension.
The architectural concept of the design is based on the division of the object into a southern and a northern tract. These are connected to each other by an open communication gallery that runs vertically across all proposed floors. The northern tract is further divided by the omission of one six-metre module into two parts. This solution greatly accentuates the staircase that passes through this space. On the eastern facade, a solitary object of vertical character is connected to the gallery — “turret“, which forms a distinct dominant from the main arrival side. There is also a main staircase with an elevator connecting all floors.
On the roof of the building are located in a regular grid of superstructures with terraces, belonging to the apartments on the fourth floor. These superstructures, with their rhythm and different material expression, soften the relatively austere character of the whole object.
When designing the mass of the house and the layout of the individual floors, consideration had to be given to sufficient sunshine and lighting of the area of the apartments.
49 apartments and 18 units for integrated housing function were created in the Lučina Polyfunctional House. In addition, there is room for two commercial units on the first above-ground floor of the northern tract. In the underground of the northern tract there is a mass garage with 36 stalls, in the underground of the outbuilding there are three individual garages, and additional parking spaces are made from the north and east sides of the house. In the two floors of the southern wing, using the space of the original building, there are units for integrated housing function, which also allow for barrier-free living.
A total of 49 apartments with a size of 42.7 m² to 164.6 m² of floor area are built in the extension from the 2nd floor to the 4th floor of the northern and southern sections and the entire area of the newly added tower — 6th floor area. Of this number, 17 apartments are made as maisonettes, using the space of the extensions of the 4th floor of the northern and southern tracts.
Access to the apartments is from the galleries, which are situated in the atrium between the north and south tracts, connected by two staircases. Thus, an apartment building was created, which is unusual in our conditions. Thanks to the gallery with pavilions, from where there are entrances to individual apartments, their inhabitants will definitely meet each other. In addition, through the large windows of their kitchens, which are also directed inside the “atrium”, they see - as they say - up to the plate. Anonymity, like in a classic apartment building, where people get out of the elevator and disappear from the dark corridor behind the door, has taken its toll.
Processing of complete project documentation, engineering activities and author supervision.
Vaňkovka Gallery became the largest commercial and social centre in Moravia.
The Vaňkovka Gallery was built on the premises of the former Vaňkovka engineering factory from the 19th century on an area of 28,800 m². It is located on the outskirts of the historic center of Brno between the train and bus stations. Two parts of the old factory have also been incorporated into the new building of the Vaňkovka Gallery, a number of facades are made of fired bricks typical of old industrial halls.
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Brno's Vaňkovka currently has more than 130 specialized shops, cafes and restaurants and employs around 1000 people. The investor and operator of the center is ECE Project Management Praha s.r.o.
More detailed information about the shopping center including opening hours can be found on its website www.galerie-vankovka.cz
Reconstruction and completion of one of the two original buildings, so called “American Homeland”.
The original historicizing form with mansard roof replaced by a “contemporary” expression. The main construction interventions consisted of demolishing the original internal staircase, the extension of the rear communication tract with staircase and elevator, the completion of the last receding floor and the completion of the meeting room on the “crooked red legs”.
The material solution distinguishes the original mass (white plaster) and the extensions (cladding with dark gray Cembonite and visible concrete in the interior). The characteristic expressive element of the facade is the shielding, textile awnings on the original mass and aluminum blinds on the large glazed surfaces of the buildings.
Functional content — ground floor, buffet, planography, archive and technical facilities, other floors, design office, administration, capacity approx. 70 people.
Elaboration of architectural studies, complete project documentation, engineering activities and construction management.
New building of a business and social center on the outskirts of Olomouc with a sales area of 32,000 m². Thanks to the progressive architectural concept, which is radically different from the uniform constructions of new shopping centers in Bohemia and Moravia, the Olomouc center has become a unique project, which was awarded the second place in the prestigious Czech competition “Best of Realities”. Instead of the typical box structure of a shopping mall, the architects created a complex resembling a country estate with a windmill and granary reflecting local identity, history and tradition. The solution of the interior spaces is carried in the spirit of light and sun as symbols of a source of life for local farmers.
Elaboration of architectural-construction solution documentation for building permits, elaboration of implementation project documentation and copyright supervision, cooperation with architectural studio T+T Design.
The shopping center's website is https://www.olympiaolomouc.cz/
Multipurpose sports hall with swimming pool, bowling alley and restaurant. Preparation of complete project documentation, engineering activities and author supervision of the designer for the investor city of Bystřice nad Pernštejnem.
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The company K4 a.s. worked as the general designer on the Pod Hády district project since 2019.
Initially, they focused on the optimization of a study for the 1st phase of construction, followed by subsequent stages of project documentation (DSP and OPS) for this phase. Additionally, in the years 2021 and 2022, they also prepared the EIA for further phases of this extensive project (phases 2 and 3).
The collaboration with K4 proceeded essentially without issues, despite relatively extensive changes in the assignment during its course. The project documentation was processed properly and in accordance with the signed contract. We particularly appreciate the good coordination of the various stages of such a comprehensive project in our collaboration with K4.
The company K4 a.s. served as the general designer on the PONAVA CITY project since 2016.
Initially, they worked on a study in collaboration with the project architects, followed by subsequent stages of project documentation (EIA, DSP, DVZ, and OPS). Simultaneously, they also provided author's supervision during the construction.
Collaboration with K4 proceeded without major issues, despite relatively extensive changes in the assignment during its course.
