What has happened?
- The creation of new street furniture that respects the specific character of Prague
- Creation of a complete set - a bench, a bicycle stand and a trash can
Prague announced a design competition for street furniture. The winners were Michal Froněk and Jan Němeček from the Olgoj Chorchoj studio. An anonymous two-round competition was run for the design of one complete set of street furniture - a bench, trash can and bicycle stand. You can already see the winning set in Prague, for example on Petřín, in Strossmayerové náměstí and in Stromovka. The trash can won the prestigious Red Dot Design Award in 2019. The tender for a new central street furniture supplier was completed at the end of January 2021. The new supplier for the next four years should be known in March 2021.
Commencement: 2017
Completion: 2017
For a license without time or territory limitations and the completion of the tender documentation, Prague Capital City paid a max. CZK 2m.
Design author: Olgoj Chorchoj, cooperation: Aleš Kachlík
The license is owned by Prague City Hall, which selected the supplier.
The organizer of the competition and the author of the competition conditions, implementation of pilot pieces of street furniture, project coordination with municipal entities, and cooperation in the preparation of the tender for a new street furniture supplier.
An international, design, open, two-round, public competition
If you have any queries: DiS. Rostislav Zapletal, zapletal@ipr.praha.eu, project and competitions specialist
For the media: Mgr. Marek Vácha, vacha@ipr.praha.eu, 723 444 291, press spokesperson
The subject of the competition was the design for a set of Prague street furniture containing a bench with a backrest, a bench without a backrest, a large capacity trash can, a hanging trash can, and a bicycle stand.
Each proposed component should be usable both individually and in combination with other elements. Emphasis should be placed on the design relationship between the individual elements, their representativeness, and easy maintenance and management.
The elements were to be based on the Prague environment, its character and history. The street furniture was to be sufficiently representative for both important and regular public spaces. The elements will be placed both in street spaces and squares, as well as in parks mainly in the center and the wider center of Prague.
Michal Froněk, Jan Němeček
Matěj Herrmann a Eduard Coufal
David Karásek a Daniel Golík
Claude Brulhart, designer for the city of Geneva for street furniture and public spaces
prof. ak. arch. Jiří Pelcl, dr. h. c., designer
doc. Eva Eisler, designer
doc. Ing. Ing. akad. arch. Petr Hájek, architect
Mgr. Adriana Krnáčová, MBA, Mayor of Prague
Mgr. Jiří Skalický, Director of the Department of Monument Care at Prague City Hall
Ing. arch. Pavla Melková, Ph.D., Director of the City Details Section, IPR Prague
MA Matěj Chabera, designer
Ing. arch. Adam Halíř, architect
MgA. Marek Kopeć, Director of the Projects Office, IPR Prague
Mgr. Petra Kolínská, vice-mayor, Prague Councillor for territorial development