#School #Litomyšl #1926
Provincial Comittee in Prague (Zemský výbor v Praze)
Tomáše G. Masaryka 659
570 01
Litomyšl,
Czechia
Public transport: Litomyšl (train station)
Today's use: School
Description
An architecture as if someone had opened drawers or played Tetris. The main building, with the differently designed elements, corresponds most closely to the style of constructivism. This is intended to point to the interior with its various rooms and their different functions, like classrooms or the caretaker's apartment. North to the school is a workshop building where the students still receive practical training at turning lathes and a forge.
Two sculptures by Jaromír Mára adorn the school's entrance. These are allegories of industry, refering to this type of school.
Description
An architecture as if someone had opened drawers or played Tetris. The main building, with the differently designed elements, corresponds most closely to the style of constructivism. This is intended to point to the interior with its various rooms and their different functions, like classrooms or the caretaker's apartment. North to the school is a workshop building where the students still receive practical training at turning lathes and a forge.
Two sculptures by Jaromír Mára adorn the school's entrance. These are allegories of industry, refering to this type of school.
History
It was set the plan to built in Litomyšl a national school in 1924 for training people for the uprising industrialization. As a national school the plans were drawn by the national institution called Provincial Comittee. The architect Karel Tymich worked in this office. The plans were realized between 1926 and 1929. The school was named after the Czechoslovak president Tomáš Masaryk, who was the head of the office. He also visited the school, making it a symbol for the educational programme of the 1st Czechoslovak Republic. Simultaneously with the opening of the school, the East Bohemian National Exhibition was held in Litomyšl. However, teaching started not before September 1930.
Today the school called Vyšší odborná škola a Střední odborná škola technická, with a technical and artistic profil. The building is listed since 1958.
History
It was set the plan to built in Litomyšl a national school in 1924 for training people for the uprising industrialization. As a national school the plans were drawn by the national institution called Provincial Comittee. The architect Karel Tymich worked in this office. The plans were realized between 1926 and 1929. The school was named after the Czechoslovak president Tomáš Masaryk, who was the head of the office. He also visited the school, making it a symbol for the educational programme of the 1st Czechoslovak Republic. Simultaneously with the opening of the school, the East Bohemian National Exhibition was held in Litomyšl. However, teaching started not before September 1930.
Today the school called Vyšší odborná škola a Střední odborná škola technická, with a technical and artistic profil. The building is listed since 1958.
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