Urban public spaces in the Czech Republic

0396822 - ÚDU 2014 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
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
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP409/11/2220
Institutional support: RVO:68378033
Keywords : public space * town planning * contemporary Czech architecture
Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

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.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0224537