Publication date: 
2026/05/26
From Monday 17:00, Kolejní Street near the university campus in Prague's Dejvice will be transformed from a parking lot into a sports and recreation area for students, residents and children for a month. The project by students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University (CTU) in cooperation with the city district is to show how this space could function in the future. The transformation of the street is part of the Fazóna exhibition of studio work by architecture students to mark the 50th anniversary of the faculty.

Until now, people have used Kolejní Street mainly as a parking lot. Frederik Daňko, Sára Kročková and Albert Kulík from the Valouch–Stibral–Semerák studio decided to change its use based on an architectural approach that uses temporary, quick and relatively low-cost interventions to verify possible changes to public space. These are the so-called principles of tactical urbanism.
Instead of parked cars, visitors can find a place in the street for basketball, table tennis or football. The traffic space will thus become a space for short stops, movement and informal meetings. Before entering the faculty, new trees are being planted according to the design of other students.

The project also wants to point out that the transformation of the campus does not require large investments, but can also arise from student initiative and small experiments. The idea of ​​developing this place is not new, it was confirmed more than ten years ago by a memorandum signed by the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, and the Faculty of Landscape Architecture of the Czech Technical University. It will also be possible to view it online, the first years have their own web gallery.

Source: 
Pražský deník