Hostiva? Apiary, Prague 15 Tower, Small Building Project, Czech Architecture Photos
Hostiva? Apiary in Prague 15
10 May 2022
Design: HAMR Hu? Architektury Martin Rajni?
Location: Prague 15, Czech Republic

Photos by Ales Jungmann and Petr ?mídek
Hostiva? Apiary Tower, CZ
The Apiary as a Landscape Focal Point

In November 2021, we completed the construction of an apiary located in the Galerie Golf Hostiva? complex. It stands on a slight elevation near the entrance to the golf course, forming an attractive view from the restaurant terrace. All the same, there lies behind this small-scale work a highly symbolic tale.

It was some time in 2014 that we were contacted by ladies from the ?Hrad?any Bees? association, who needed someone to design and construct an apiary in the Pet?ín Gardens. The bees deserve our help!
What we designed then for the apiary was an elevated cupola of wooden slats with an octagonal ground plan, not unlike the cupola above the church of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. After many alterations, the project even won the approval of the heritage authorities, who supported its construction (as altered) on the site in the Pet?ín Gardens.

As it happened, though, the realisation turned out to involve certain political complications, thus unfortunately, despite the utmost of efforts, it has yet to be raised.

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