Within the plans on redevelopment of Brno south centre a linear green park is envisaged with a piece of land designated for a major cultural venue as defined in the masterplan. Fiesta Centre for music and dance is a diploma project engaged in the theme of a city-wide cultural venue. It has been designed in a compact form with an elliptical layout so as to make up with the difficulties of the site. The building’s facade has a strong arched structure setting up a landmark in the park. The park is integral to the design. The auditorium provides with 970 seats and the stage is fitted with an elevating device to maximize the flexibility of the performance. Design includes foyers and the other visitors facilities, necessary staff and delivery background. 200 parking plots are placed in the underground.

The integration of an official project for overground railway viaduct into envisaged urban structure of Brno city south centre is the key consideratoin of this project. In terms of transportation relationships in the regional scale this line can provide with the transport options spread more evenly. Moreover, the junction in the existing position would remain in operation since the new regional railway station is placed in there, avoiding the only junction available in the replaced station further away. The new regional line technical project (concept: ing. Josef Veselý, project: Metroprojekt a.s.) has inserted the railway viaduct upon the space designated for a wide boulevard connecting the replaced railway station to the city centre. The boulevard is defined in the city´s masterplan. In terms of architecture, image of the city and sensual quality of space, the presence of a huge traffic infrastructure is not desirable and causes serious public and proffesional considerations. The Compact City project challenges this dilemma by wrapping the viaduct in the building volumes. The project suggests that the spaces both beneath the viaduct and above it could be utilized. Such a solution has been seen in many european cities (Vienna, London, Paris, Amsterdam). The Compact City project´s land use strategy brings up and defines relatively broad and homogenous areas for distinctive uses. This is derived from the knowledge that the particular uses tend to accumulate and segregate from one another so as to reach the most efficient position. Being the city considered as a whole the mixture of uses seam to be more convenient when an appropriate scale of mixture is achieved. Enclaves of a particular size, nor too big nor too small, would be glued and connected by a elements shared in use and heterogenous in form. The housing area is both divided and at the same time connected to the area of commercial and shopping by means of the public amenities being housed in the overrail building. Particularly those uses and activities are envisaged and designed which do not require a perfect contact and access to and from the street space.

Culture building in the South Centre In my master thesis I have made a proposal of a culture building – Art Gallery. My work was based upon my previous proposal of the surrounding parc, where the gallery is placed. This location is connected with new site of planned main trainstation. Urban role of this building is to create a conection between new multifunctional estates and older industrial building - viaduct. Southern part of the parc is profilled as a riverine forest and swamps in my project as it was there naturaly before. Placement of the gallery and its entrances was quite dificult, because of complicated urban situation. My solution of this problem was a integrated volume building with a console spanning towards the new estates eastewards. This determines clearly the entrance and relations with surroundings. The first floor is composed by spatial foyer with a information desk, book shop, cloakroom, caffetery and multifunctional hall. Skyline of Petrov can be percived by windows on the north. The centre of the gallery is a vertical comunication formed by simple monolytic helical stair. The enlightment is provide by drawn up skylight. A rest space in the second floor provides atypic vertical views of old town of Brno, parc and the cathedral. Two large exhibition rooms and art workshop complete the second floor. In the basement there are 39 car slots, storage, technical and manitenance rooms. The caffetery in the first floor can be reached even directly from the parc via foot bridge over the swamp. Every spring the snowdrops and snowflakes flower there. The constuction material is armoured concrete with wall system completed with pillars.

Current Status Because we are waiting for transfer of the station, the railway is in a deplorable state. Technical and capacity (we can check 30 000 passengers per hour, during the fair is required 50 000 passengers per hour). During the reconstruction is needed to create a network of stations that are interconnected with the public transport. The train will become part of public transport and reduce the burden on the main station node. Move or don't move? The question which is difficult to answer. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages, and they are changing over time. The situation has changed very much in the advent of the financial crisis. Therefore, it should be professional discussion leading to the optimal solution. This does not happen, politicians are divided into two groups already know in advance that their pproposal is the best. Afterwards, looking for a reasons. I decided to check the option not move. The biggest drawback of this option is problematic construction (in service or temporary move). The biggest advantage is its link to public transport and the proximity to the town. Region Connection to the region is very important for me. This I see as a advantage of Brno, which should be further developed. Together with the development of public transport, automobile transport should be reduced. Barrier My work is trying to disprove the idea that the railway creates a barrier. On the contrary, I try to look at rail as a place that connects. Not only each stop, but the parts of the town as well. Construction Reinforced concrete arches are arranged in a triangle layout, creating a spatial truss. There is a train station in it. Trains ar placed on it. Typology The station is treated as free space, which is subsequently filled with different functions.These functions may be, if necessary, modified.