#Healthcare facility #Prague (Praha) #1950
Sokolovská 810/304
190 00
Prague (Praha),
Czechia
Public transport: Poliklinika Vysočany
Today's use: Polyclinic
Description
Information taken from Klára Pučerová's PhD thesis: Architekt Antonín Tenzer, Charles University Prague (2015).
Although construction work did not begin until 1950, the plans date from 1947 and are based on even older basic principles of modernism in architecture. This refers to the generous functional arrangement of the building, constructed according to its use. The building was finished in 1953.
Since the political situation in Czechoslovakia changed in 1948, the architect's private plans were nationalised, modified, but at least implemented in accordance with his proposals. And Tenzer remained the architect of the project. A commentary from 2001 said that the building was given designations like: functionalist - cosmopolitan, contradicting the emerging tendency of Soviet teaching in all spheres in Czechoslovakia.
The polyclinic was built for workers of the industrial zones in the east of Prague (Prague 8 and Prague 9).
The construction of the polyclinic was difficult, because the little river Rokytka is rich in groundwater and the soil differs a lot (from moving sand up to rock) having an impact on the static conditions. Construction began with the wing closest to the river. Due to the sandy subsoil, the architect chose a foundation slab in a reinforced concrete tube, from where the foundation strips continued to the middle part of the building. The tract furthest away from the river stands on footings with pilots.
The building consists of a reinforced concrete construction. The inner walls are masonry, that they can be changed according to organisational and medical needs.
Klára Pučerová points out the functional element of noise reduction in the waiting rooms, created from four surgeries, located in the corners of an imaginary cross like square. The interior is well illuminated by natural light and easy to ventilate. Pučerová writes, that this polyclinic features criteria typical for health centres up to a quarter century later due to the economic demands of a large monoblock and psychological impact on patients and staff.
Description
Information taken from Klára Pučerová's PhD thesis: Architekt Antonín Tenzer, Charles University Prague (2015).
Although construction work did not begin until 1950, the plans date from 1947 and are based on even older basic principles of modernism in architecture. This refers to the generous functional arrangement of the building, constructed according to its use. The building was finished in 1953.
Since the political situation in Czechoslovakia changed in 1948, the architect's private plans were nationalised, modified, but at least implemented in accordance with his proposals. And Tenzer remained the architect of the project. A commentary from 2001 said that the building was given designations like: functionalist - cosmopolitan, contradicting the emerging tendency of Soviet teaching in all spheres in Czechoslovakia.
The polyclinic was built for workers of the industrial zones in the east of Prague (Prague 8 and Prague 9).
The construction of the polyclinic was difficult, because the little river Rokytka is rich in groundwater and the soil differs a lot (from moving sand up to rock) having an impact on the static conditions. Construction began with the wing closest to the river. Due to the sandy subsoil, the architect chose a foundation slab in a reinforced concrete tube, from where the foundation strips continued to the middle part of the building. The tract furthest away from the river stands on footings with pilots.
The building consists of a reinforced concrete construction. The inner walls are masonry, that they can be changed according to organisational and medical needs.
Klára Pučerová points out the functional element of noise reduction in the waiting rooms, created from four surgeries, located in the corners of an imaginary cross like square. The interior is well illuminated by natural light and easy to ventilate. Pučerová writes, that this polyclinic features criteria typical for health centres up to a quarter century later due to the economic demands of a large monoblock and psychological impact on patients and staff.
