Urban public spaces in the Czech Republic

0396822 - ÚDU 2014 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Kratochvíl, Petr
Urban public spaces in the Czech Republic.
Journal of Architecture and Urbanism. Roč. 37, č. 3 (2013), s. 173-181. ISSN 2029-7955
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GAP409/11/2220
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378033
Klíčová slova: public space * town planning * contemporary Czech architecture
Kód oboru RIV: AL - Umění, architektura, kulturní dědictví

The study deals with public space both as a physical phenomenon and social phenomenon. It defines its fundamental meaning and briefly mentions the development of public spaces in Czech towns before 1989. The focus of the study is however in the evaluation of the development during recent years showing both its positive and neagative aspects: On one side it is democratisation, sensitive reconstruction of spaces in historic core of towns, new aesthetical tendencies in shaping new spaces - on the other side is too strong commercialization of these spaces,their submission to tourism and the lack of interesting spaces in the places of everyday life of inhabitants.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0224537