The task of the architectural and urban design competition we entered was to design a new bridge over the Vltava River to enhance the transport connections at Smíchov and Pankrác on both sides of the river.
On the south side of the river is an urban built-up area where we have designed more than a transport link, it is “a gateway to the city” connecting two important areas for leisure activities with natural localities – Podolí and Žluté Lázně (Yellow Spa) with Prokopské and Dalejské Valleys. The design of the Dvorecký Bridge complements Prague’s skyline between Vyšehrad and Prague Castle. The dynamic concept of the bridge mirrors the river below with one bridge pier protruding like a river boulder and supporting four asymmetric arches of an imaginary “entanglement”. Here and there, the arches twist and bend down to touch the bridge deck. Due to its functional design, the bridge becomes a piece of land art possessing the nature of an organic structure with a different appearance from different angles – it changes like the flowing river below, with the sloping wave-like deck of the bridge connecting both banks.
I am the registered architect and university teacher, the working architect lacking theory who thus (occasionally) creates it (on his own); the principal, conceptual architect, visionary, philosophy and sociology adept and planner. I am interested not only in buildings and interiors but also in complex development of localities and settlements, public area and always holistic approach. With thirty years of experience, I am the partner to rely on in any type of project. I am occasional yachter, skier, snowboarder, biker and kick-boxer and a father of four children.I am the registered architect and university teacher, the working architect lacking theory who thus (occasionally) creates it (on his own); the principal, conceptual architect, visionary, philosophy and sociology adept and planner. I am interested not only in buildings and interiors but also in complex development of localities and settlements, public area and always holistic approach. With thirty years of experience, I am the partner to rely on in any type of project. I am occasional yachter, skier, snowboarder, biker and former kick-boxer and a father of four children.
Pavel Hřebecký
