University of Zlìn

Smart Architecture for Public Buildings

Lively colours and quality of light are the distinctive elements of the evocative project by Eva Jiřičná for the new University Centre in Zlín in the Czech Republic.

The building is structured around a covered central plaza delimited by two separate volumes, each composed of 4 storeys, with classrooms and facilities for the students and spaces for use by the teaching staff.

In this project, the need to respond to specific acoustic insulation requirements but above all to those of resistance to fire (obligatory requested by law in some public spaces) has been satisfied, while at the same time achieving the desired aesthetic effect, to endow the space with brightness, transparency and lightness.

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University of Zlìn- fire resistant glass block

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Zlin, Czechia

Architect: Ing. Arch. Eva Jiřičná - Photos: Ivan Nemec – Cfa Design S.R.O.

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