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Can Infrastructure Design Bring New Life to Neglected Urban Spaces?

Can Infrastructure Design Bring New Life to Neglected Urban Spaces?

Can Infrastructure Design Bring New Life to Neglected Urban Spaces?

Revitalizing Public Spaces: Re_place U Studio Transforms Neglected Underpass in Prague Red into Vibrant Community Hub

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Rojin Bolandbakht published News under Infrastructure Design, Public Building on Apr 5, 2023

View from bridge towards underground passage © Jiří Kotal

View from bridge towards the entrance of underground © Jiří Kotal

At the entrance of the underground passage © Jiří Kotal

Axonometric analysis drawing © U / U studio & Re_place

Skateboard area © Jiří Kotal

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BMX and freestyle scooter © Jiří Kotal

Freestyle activities area © Jiří Kotal

Dance floor © Jiří Kotal

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Pole dance area © Jiří Kotal

Streetball area © Jiří Kotal

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Stone climbing wall © Jiří Kotal

Public art gallery © Jiří Kotal

Facilities for the activity area © Jiří Kotal

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You can see the city scenery from the leisure area © Jiří Kotal

Linear light sources add a sense of security © Jiří Kot Y

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Deeply cleaned and designed surfaces © Jiří Kotal

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Stairs connecting the first floor and the second floor © Jiří Kotal

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Ollie the Pig © Jiří Kotal

Looking from the second floor to the permanent guests on the first floor © Jiří Kotal

The use of concrete and steel © Jiří Kotal

site plan © U / U studio & Re_place

First floor plan © U / U studio & Re_place

Second floor plan © U / U studio & Re_place

Axonometry © U / U studio & Re_place

Materials

steel – edges of the obstacles, pipe elements, urban furniture, poles
smoothened concrete – floor of the skatepark, obstacles, radiuses, Ollie the Pig
plastic foil – mirrors
larch wooded planks – podiums, urban furniture

smoothened concrete — TBG Metrostav\www.tbg-metrostav.cz
steel elements — Kondor\www. kondor.cz
plastic foil mirrors — Foilwrap\www.foilwrap.cz
stainless steel handle — Bazenyshop\www.bazenyshop.cz
light Peron — Lumen Elektro\www.el-lumen.cz
light Sovert Captur — Elstav lighting\www.elstav.cz

Rojin Bolandbakht

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