The revitalization of the Moravia Square Park in Brno, Czech Republic, a project carried out by the studio Consequence forma architects, was completed in 2022, and has become a modern and environmentally friendly space, which incorporates blue-green infrastructure elements, environmental sustainability and biodiversity requirements, community co-creation and adoption of inclusion.

The square is located in the historic center of the second largest city in the Czech Republic. Located in a highly frequented location, the new plaza incorporates a central area that introduces a new meeting place in the heart of the park with a large circular fountain.
In the new project by Consequence forma architects the space is designed exclusively for pedestrians, and the circular fountain at ground level has been responsible for the project's nickname "The Sea of Brno" as it becomes a place where children and adults cool off on warm days of the summer.

The new plaza has a cafeteria with a partially transparent roof that accommodates a tree growing through it. The space is home to a wide variety of vegetation, a children's playground and a corner where small theatrical, musical and other types of events are occasionally held.


The Moravian Square Park Revitalisation by Consequence forma architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice.


The Moravian Square Park Revitalisation by Consequence forma architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice.
 

Project description by Consequence forma architects

Based on urban, architectural, landscape, and social connections, we decode the territory. The resulting design makes the park accessible and preserves its original landscape values. The concept is spatially dominated by the void in the center of the park with its cultural and social potential and a defined ring of mature trees, which we complement but also make accessible through a circular promenade with a café and a playground. Various intensities of use are one of the fundamental principles of the concept, where the area around the café and the central space assumes the highest load, gradually diminishing towards the outer edge. The promenade under the canopies of mature trees offers tranquility, while the central area provides space for various activities and play.

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Consequence forma architects.
Martin Sládek, Janica Šipulová.
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Project team
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Project coordinator.- Nina Vlček Ličková [Consequence forma architects].
Engineering.- Barbora Bělunková [Consequence forma architects].
Landscape architecture, architecture.- Jan Schleider, Petra Buganská [Consequence forma architects].
Partial cooperation.- Prokop Matěj, Zuzana Včeláková, Katka Hlavičková [Consequence forma architects].
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Landscape-vegetation solutions.- Klára Zahradníčkova.
Children's elements, collaboration on the ellipse.- Richard Loskot.
Landscape supervision.- Karin Standler.
Architectural supervision.- Franz Sumnitsch.
Rainwater management.- Jiří Vítek.
Arborist.- David Hora.
Perennials and bulbs.- Ondřej Fous and Michaela Sinkulova.
Grass communities.- Marie Straková.
Budget.- Rudolf Hlaváč, Hana Pollertová.
Standard furnishing design.- mmcité.
Statics of the café roof.- Radek Bartoněk.
Traffic and technical consultation.- Petr Bijok.
Construction technical consultation.- Babka & Šuchma.
Gravel technical consultation.- Karel Zlatuška.
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Office of the Municipal District of Brno-střed.
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Area
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Total area of the park including the perimeter walkway 22,365 sqm.
Vegetation and paved areas 19,887 sqm.
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2016–2021.
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Moravian Square, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Consequence Forma is an architecture firm founded in 2016 and led by Janica Šipulová (1986), Martin Sládek (1985). The firm has the aim of creating unique urban and architectural solutions while respecting contemporary interdisciplinary and cultural discourse. They constantly submit their designs to new questions until they find the right answers that withstand all the consequences. That is what pushes their projects and visions forward.

They focus on projects that balance architecture and urbanism, but also on settlement development strategies, urban public space, and housing, and create new connections and collaborations between disciplines. A series of successes in open competitions earned them recognition, while involvement in larger projects and interdisciplinary collaboration in Vienna shaped the studio's approach and direction.

Among their key projects are the transformation of a brewery into the New City Centre of Rybáře in Karlovy Vary, collaboration in the development of the new city for thousands of inhabitants in the South Centre of Brno, and the reconstruction of Brno's central public space - park in Moravské náměstí. The studio also focuses on urban planning concepts for various areas or extensions of cultural monuments. An essential part of its work is participation in public architectural and urban design competitions organized by major urban areas.
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Published on: March 1, 2024
Cite: "The void as an element of organization. Moravian Square Park Renovation by Consequence forma architects" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/void-element-organization-moravian-square-park-renovation-consequence-forma-architects> ISSN 1139-6415
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