Walk Over the Quarry, Czech Landscape Design Photos, Horní Be?va Building Development, Architecture
Walk Over the Quarry in Horní Be?va
27 Jan 2022
Architects: henkai architekti
Location: Horní Be?va, Czech Republic

Photos by BoysPlayNice
Walk Over the Quarry
Project DatabasePublic spaces + Landscapehenkai architekti , ZAHRADA-PARK-KRAJINA

The Lookout on the abandoned quarry hill can be found in the eastern part of the Horní Be?va village in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. Rising up on the left bank of the village water reservoir, fed by the Ro?novská Be?va river, the wooded hilltop is surrounded by a number of scattered family homes and recreational properties.

An exposed quarry wall, partially unstable, forms its south facing edge. The Horní Be?va quarry is also an important reference locality of the Ci??kowice Sandstone.
The objective was to provide pedestrian access to the topmost section of the hill. We designed a new set of footpaths that naturally follow the sloping terrain. With respect to their present unspoiled state, we sought to subtly elaborate and complement the qualities of the existing environments ? the rock outcrops, the woodland and the quarry itself. Three new scenic walks take the visitors up the slopes and to the summit of the quarry hill, forming together a walking circuit connecting all the main lookout points, a nearby road and a parking lot.

Of the three walks, the gentler one winds through a freshly planted grove of local tree s...