#Multifunctional building #Olomouc #1932
Riegrova 406/1
772 00
Olomouc,
Czechia
Public transport: Náměstí Hrdinů
Access: Public building, free entry during working hours
Today's use: Apartments and shops
Description
Even if the original plan by Tomáš Baťa was not implemented, the building has interesting details. The area of the property is 10x40 meters. In order not to reduce the size of the interior, no pillars or load-bearing elements were used for the sales area on the ground floor. The load of the ceilings is taken up by supporting pillars in the walls of the neighboring buildings. This creates an open space that is illuminated with daylight in the rear part by a lightwell. The shop was heated with hot air heating in winter and cooled in summer. The company's repair centre was located on the first floor. Instead of the glas front Karfík had to built a mainly masoned facade.
The entrance area is designed interestingly. The shop windows literally pull the viewer and customer into the shop, because the doors are put back into the inner part of the house's structure. This zone is not designed symmetrically. The doors are set back and arranged in such a way that customers can go straight into the store from the market Horní náměstí in front of the building.
Apartments for employees have been added from the second floor. The top floor had to be moved back slightly in order to harmonize better in height with the smaller neighboring buildings. It is noticeable on historical photos, that the first floor was once provided with large shop windows. The white aluminum cladding is from a reconstruction from the late 1980s.
At the end of Tereza Kovaříková's thesis you can find a lot of pictures.
Description
Even if the original plan by Tomáš Baťa was not implemented, the building has interesting details. The area of the property is 10x40 meters. In order not to reduce the size of the interior, no pillars or load-bearing elements were used for the sales area on the ground floor. The load of the ceilings is taken up by supporting pillars in the walls of the neighboring buildings. This creates an open space that is illuminated with daylight in the rear part by a lightwell. The shop was heated with hot air heating in winter and cooled in summer. The company's repair centre was located on the first floor. Instead of the glas front Karfík had to built a mainly masoned facade.
The entrance area is designed interestingly. The shop windows literally pull the viewer and customer into the shop, because the doors are put back into the inner part of the house's structure. This zone is not designed symmetrically. The doors are set back and arranged in such a way that customers can go straight into the store from the market Horní náměstí in front of the building.
Apartments for employees have been added from the second floor. The top floor had to be moved back slightly in order to harmonize better in height with the smaller neighboring buildings. It is noticeable on historical photos, that the first floor was once provided with large shop windows. The white aluminum cladding is from a reconstruction from the late 1980s.
At the end of Tereza Kovaříková's thesis you can find a lot of pictures.
History
Baťa started to operate in Olomouc in 1924. The company managed to acquire a central position in the city's centre. The used a shop in the houses, that were demolished for the construction of their own new department store in 1931.
Tomáš Baťa, the owner of the Baťa company, planned a gigantic house with 13 floors and a glass facade and a passage on the ground floor according to the model of the Prague department store. However, it was carried out reduced version, as the city council and the state monument protection office did not allow a high-rise building in the centre of Olomouc, especially regarding the Holy Trinity Column vis-a-vis.
In 2021 Baťa left the store and all company's advertising were removed from the facade. Even after the company's departure from the building, their shoe repair shop remained in place.
History
Baťa started to operate in Olomouc in 1924. The company managed to acquire a central position in the city's centre. The used a shop in the houses, that were demolished for the construction of their own new department store in 1931.
Tomáš Baťa, the owner of the Baťa company, planned a gigantic house with 13 floors and a glass facade and a passage on the ground floor according to the model of the Prague department store. However, it was carried out reduced version, as the city council and the state monument protection office did not allow a high-rise building in the centre of Olomouc, especially regarding the Holy Trinity Column vis-a-vis.
In 2021 Baťa left the store and all company's advertising were removed from the facade. Even after the company's departure from the building, their shoe repair shop remained in place.
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