#Apartment block #Mladá Boleslav #1926
Provincial Comittee in Prague (Zemský výbor v Praze) , Municipality of Mladá Boleslav
Boženy Němcové 452/10
293 01
Mladá Boleslav,
Czechia
Public transport: Na výstavišti
Today's use: hospital
Description
It is surprising that the architect was criticized for being too decorative with this building. This criticism seems to have its roots in the fact that this was somewhat true of the previous buildings in Mladá Boleslav. However, this building is rather undecorative, both for Jiří Kroha's circumstances and for the time, the plans date back to 1925, when simple, modern building was hardly widespread in Europe. A typical means of creating a kind of decoration in a completly different way is both the size and the arrangement of windows. They determine the structure of the building, especially on the long west facade. All in all, Kroha still sticks to his rather constructivist approach, in which he plays with large, different forms. The side areas of the west facade are given zones with balconies that are semi-circular in contrast to the angular overall structure.
The house can be accessed from three staircases. The middle staircase is accessible from the west side. There were two apartments on each floor. The modern principle of the house is characterized by the fact that due to the low depth of the house, the apartments on the west and east side had windows that illuminate the narrow apartment perfectly. The southern and northern parts of the building, each with its own staircase, are designed to be wider and enclose the middle block.
The houses's casement windows are designed similar to industrial windows, more common for factories back than.
Description
It is surprising that the architect was criticized for being too decorative with this building. This criticism seems to have its roots in the fact that this was somewhat true of the previous buildings in Mladá Boleslav. However, this building is rather undecorative, both for Jiří Kroha's circumstances and for the time, the plans date back to 1925, when simple, modern building was hardly widespread in Europe. A typical means of creating a kind of decoration in a completly different way is both the size and the arrangement of windows. They determine the structure of the building, especially on the long west facade. All in all, Kroha still sticks to his rather constructivist approach, in which he plays with large, different forms. The side areas of the west facade are given zones with balconies that are semi-circular in contrast to the angular overall structure.
The house can be accessed from three staircases. The middle staircase is accessible from the west side. There were two apartments on each floor. The modern principle of the house is characterized by the fact that due to the low depth of the house, the apartments on the west and east side had windows that illuminate the narrow apartment perfectly. The southern and northern parts of the building, each with its own staircase, are designed to be wider and enclose the middle block.
The houses's casement windows are designed similar to industrial windows, more common for factories back than.
History
In 1925, Jiří Kroha was commissioned to build a residential building for the army, whose base was expanding at the time. Kroha received the order from the Provincial Comittee in Prague because a year earlier he had already completed a similar construction project in Kutná Hora. In spring of 1925 in Mladá Boleslav he received an order for the building directly from the town, which did not hold a competition, so the situation was quite easy for him. Construction work began in the spring of 1926 and was completed in 1928.
Today the building is used as a hospital.
History
In 1925, Jiří Kroha was commissioned to build a residential building for the army, whose base was expanding at the time. Kroha received the order from the Provincial Comittee in Prague because a year earlier he had already completed a similar construction project in Kutná Hora. In spring of 1925 in Mladá Boleslav he received an order for the building directly from the town, which did not hold a competition, so the situation was quite easy for him. Construction work began in the spring of 1926 and was completed in 1928.
Today the building is used as a hospital.
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