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Public participation is helping to shape a new, sustainable neighborhood planned for Letňany.

Prague is planning a new innovative district on unused city and state land in Letňany. The new district is expected to be sustainable and, in many ways, self-sufficient. IPR Prague is presenting a draft of the land use study for the area, which has been partially…
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The new Štvanická Footbridge has been opened to the public, finally connecting Karlín, Štvanice and Holešovice.

The Štvanická Footbridge, also referred to as the HolKa Footbridge because it connects the neighborhoods of Holesovice and Karlin, was officially opened on July 28th, 2023. The footbridge, which is intended only for pedestrians and cyclists, also connects the two…
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Czech President Petr Pavel visits IPR Prague.

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Prague has presented the future of the arterial road. It will serve traffic while offering quality public space.

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One of the largest periurban parks in Central Europe will be built at the confluence of the Berounka and Vltava Rivers. It will be designed by architects from EMF, NORMA, and PARETO.

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Tomáš Bojar, director and a recent winner of the Czech Lion Award, is filming a documentary about the Vltava Philharmonic Hall.

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Prague moves to make flats cheaper. An amendment to the city’s building regulations addresses parking requirements in new buildings and renovations.

Metropolitan Plan

Starting in the 1930s, there was this idea that the city needs to be divided into work, housing and recreational zones, with inhabitants making their way between them via complementary transport zones. Soon, however, these original four functions were no longer fit for purpose, and the zones began to fragment into smaller and smaller areas in the land-use plans. We had reached the stage where there were over ninety different types of areas in the current plan. The upcoming Metropolitan Plan is an attempt at steering the ship around, at returning to traditional urban planning where the city is structured primarily according to a set plan. The second problem with the existing plan is its instability: between 2000 and 2012 alone, 2,060 amendments to the land-use plan were discussed. The sheer scale of these changes has made the plan looser and less respected. To address this, there are plans to establish regulations narrowing down the number of possible alterations.

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Geoportal

The Geoportal is a basic web portal for viewing maps and looking up information about the territory of Prague. The Geoportal offers a great many maps, ranging in scope from the current zoning plan to the city’s cycle paths. With apps such as “Prague Maps” and “Online Map”, anyone can run searches on topics as diverse as population, air quality and price mapping.

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Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP)

The core mandate of the Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP) is to improve the current public debate on Prague’s development, and to inform and educate the public about architecture and city planning.

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