Archdiocese Museum

The Archdiocese Museum is situated in the complex of the Premyslid Castle, a registered national landmark. In the course of designing it was necessary to respect remanants from the Romanesque up to the start of the 20th century. In the reconstructed and renovated collaged cluster of the old building new interventions were carried out that maintained them as functionally and operatively indispensable elements. The new buildings are clearly distinguished from the original structures and they permeate the interior and exterior of the whole area. Three materials have been used to reinforce the contrast of the new and old: concrete, steel, and glass. The original "old" structures are renovated in their native form, the "new" are characterised by the system of modern functions and technologies. In the old shell there are new steel and concrete organisms, that in time can increase, decrease or be replaced by a different internal texture for a new life. The most distinctive intervention to the original structure is the new hall situated on the fortification zone, which interconnected the romanesque bishoprie and the capitular deanery. The second important area is an auditorium with a sliding drapery that aids the accoustical quality. Because our objective was to rehabilitate the historic building as much as possible we were trying to minimise these technical elements by using them only in the new structures. Thanks to the fact that largely the historical floors were not preserved, the majority of technology could be installed in them. Throughout the entire ground floor and the basement there the concrete floors in which not only the heating has been installed, but also a small collector with the main distribution system. On the top floor precious inlaid floors were found and there is a floor convector installed under the windows. The lighting throughout the entire museum is resolved in a similar way.