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Footbridge Hole?ovice – Karlín Design Competition
Czech Architecture Contest – Vltava River Crossing in the Capital City
6 + 5 May 2017
Footbridge Hole?ovice – Karlín International Design Competition
Location: Vltava River, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Footbrige Design Competiiton
Footbridge Hole?ovice – Karlín International Design Competition, Czech Republic
The City of Prague has announced The Footbridge Hole?ovice – Karlín International Design Competition
The Footbridge Hole?ovice – Karlín International Design Competition should bring an architectural and structural design proposal for a pedestrian bridge across the Vltava River. This bridge will connect the riverbanks of Karlín, Hole?ovice and the ?tvanice Island. Up to this day the Prague districts Karlín and Hole?ovice suffer from the lack of good pedestrian and cycling connection.

The new footbridge should provide a convenient and simple connection between this two riverbanks.

The competition design should propose a citywide connection between this two districts with an access to the ?tvanice Island.
The idea of building a footbridge in this places was a part of the Prague Land-Use Plan for a long time. In 1999 an architectural competition was held to define the appearance of the footbridge. However, after the floods in 2002, the flood protection measures were reinforced and the design was no longe...