Atelier-r Revamps Neo-Gothic Red Church With Crystal-Like Annex

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Czech studio Atelier-r is bringing back a piece of history to Olomouc, the Czech Republic with the reconstruction of the…

The building was in very bad condition when its owner, Olomouc Region, decided to free up the church from being used as a book warehouse and turn it into a cultural hub for smaller concerts, public readings, lectures, or art shows.

Additionally, it will be used as an information center for the Research Library and Olomouc Region.

Atelier-r had to strengthen the foundations and completely redo the floors including the layers all the way down to the terrain base. The team also had to fix the damp and salty masonry, the stucco, and the plaster, clean up and fill the gaps in the facade cladding.

The studio also had to completely makeover the roof and build it with copper squares that copy the same shape and format as the original. Then they had Olomouc sculptor Jan Dostal create contemporary artifacts to replace the damaged authentic decorative elements.