Hradec Kralove
Architects: MACH
Location: Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Year: 2026
Status: 1st Prize International Competition
Program: Residential and Public plaza
Client: Public
Publications:
HIC
The design strategy is based on the recognition of the site’s industrial legacy as a structural and spatial resource, allowing the project to establish continuity between past and future.
The proposal is conceived as an infrastructural system operating simultaneously at architectural and landscape scales. It organizes housing, collective spaces, and public realm into a flexible framework grid, while formally and functionally integrating the existing Building 111 and the chimney as active social components.
The public square is conceived as both a civic space and a landscape infrastructure, responding to a fluvial system that integrates water as a structuring element. Meanwhile the residential units are designed as adaptable and flexible dwellings, based on a modular and rational structural system that enables multiple layouts and future reconfiguration.
Through the integration of housing, public space, and landscape infrastructure, the proposal delivers an affordable, resilient, and community-oriented residential framework capable of evolving with the district and supporting a sustainable urban future.
The project prioritizes industrialized and prefabricated building processes, reducing construction time, material waste, and environmental impact while improving quality control and long-term durability. The use of modular systems allows for future adaptability and disassembly, supporting circular construction principles