Förskolan + Uppgif ten: Uppgiften syftar till att ge ett planunderlag för en ny förskola. Förskoleverksamheten ska kompletteras med flera funktioner för att harmoniera både med det urbana sam- manhanget så väl som de sociala förutsättningarna. För att detal jplanen ska kunna ändras måste platsen detal jstuderas vilket avses med uppgif ten, en förskola + i Tantol- unden. Frågeställning: Min frågeställning har varit hur man skapar en trygg mil jö för barn at t växa upp i och vad är det som gör att vi känner oss trygga oavsett ålder? Lösning: Genom att låta orangeriet sammanbinda förskoleverksamheten vill jag skapa en symbol för naturen som omfamnar barnen. Vattenkanalen som rinner längs förskolan ner till Orangeriet är även den tänkt att sammanbinda och bevattna samtliga växter på sin väg ner för landskapet. Hela byggnaden skjuter in mot parken för att dels kom- ma iväg från den bullriga ringvägen som löper strax intill såväl som ge möjlighet för södersolen att värma upp och förse orangeriet med värme och energi. Formen: Formspråket bygger på en solitär volym som binder samman fyra repeterande voly- mer till en enhet. Den triangulära solitären har fåt t sin form ef ter väder, mil jö och kon- struktion. Den branta fasaden leder bort vatten och fångar in solenergi och limträkon- struktionen skapar ett tektoniskt vackert rum. / Preschool + The task: The aim of this project is to give a plan to a preschool. The school should be supple- mented with several features to harmonize both with the urban context as well as social conditions. The zoning should be changed, the site must be studied in detail in realation to the task, a preschool + in Tantlunden. Issue: My question is what makes an safe environment for children to grow up in, and what is it that make a environment feel safe regardless of age? Solution: I want to create a symbol of nature embracing the children by letting the orangery connect with the preschool. An watercanal that runs along the preschool down to the orangery is also a reflection of connecting and irrigate all the plants on the way down the landscape. The entire building extends into the park, partly to get away from the noisy road next to Tantolunden as well as provide the opportunity for the southside sun to warm up and provide orangery with heat and energy for the rest of the day. Form: The architecture is based on a solitary volume that ties together four repeating vol- umes into one unit. The form has got its shape according to the weather, environ- ment and construction. The steep facade leads off the water and captures solar energy and the glulam construction creates a tektonic beautiful room.

This diploma project deals with architectural study and functional use of the Uherčice castle grounds with regard to its character, location in the countryside and in the village, preservation of monuments and requirements of the inserted functions, as well as the creation of new opportunities for visitors and the reconnection to life of the inhabitants of the Uherčice village. And as a place of rest, education, employment and as a re-center of the area. A proposal of modification of the selected part of the castle and the park with the restoration of the French garden in its original place is a part of the project. The reconstruction of the former orangery and the new greenhouse building are proposed. Re-build greenhouse is attached with an apartment for the gardener. The second greenhouse complements one of the castle's axes and is designed for the world's largest water lily, Victoria Amazonica. In the selected part of the chateau, I mainly dealt with its use for cultural and social events that could take place here and the facilities that would be needed, including an apartment for short-term accommodation of visitors to these events. In addition, the entrance area and the operational facilities of the castle with a castellan apartment and accommodation for tourist guides are also solved.

The aim of the present thesis is to carry out an architectural study for the reconstruction of the chateau complex Zdounky, located near Kroměříž in Litenčiče Downs. The chateau complex covers the area of ca. 9 hectares and consists of a four-wing chateau, a Baroque granary, a new farm building with an old orchard, and a large landscape park in the English style with a number of small-scale buildings such as a greenhouse, an ice house and other valuable and remarkable natural sites, for instance an old lime tree alley or a restored animal park. The proposal complies with the intention of the current owners, i.e. to use the complex as a centre for environmental education of the youth and to make it available to the general public with an interest in nature and ecology. Therefore, the main goal of the study has been to find an optimal urban-architectural solution in order to preserve the historic value of the buildings and at the same time allow the possibility of using them for their new purposes. The concept of the reconstruction is influence by the correspondence of the surrounding landscape, the place’s history, the historic value of the individual buildings and the morphology of the terrain. The whole complex is organized in order to give the impression of unity where all the functions are connected in a logical way. It was the division of the complex into public, semi-public and private zones that represented the main guideline for the present plan. The design of the reconstructed chateau includes the semi-public and private zones - it comprises both the educational centre with accommodation as well as the owners’ residence surrounded by a private garden. The Baroque granary is reconstructed and used as a museum. Additionally, a new orangery is added and its facilities used for a cider house (in the form of a small café) where local production commodities are sold. Both of these are open to the general public as well as the chateau park. Furthermore, the design includes a trail around the chateau. For the purposes of the present thesis, it was necessary to find and redraw the old plans, verify and document their true condition and measure the Baroque granary, whose documentation was completely missing.