lesy čr headquarters

location: Přemyslova 19, Hradec Králové

authors: Petr Burian, Lucie Feldová, Veronika Kommová, Ondřej Kuptík, Lucie Němcová
cooperation: DAM architekti, Land05 (Martina Forejtová)

client: Lesy ČR

visual: Vize

year: 2017

new administrative centre

Where should one look for Lesy (main czech forestry company)? In a forest, naturally! Our design totally harnesses the proposed location on the conceptual level. A place on the border of the city and nature surrounded by forest on three sides. That is why we selected the structure of a production forest as the primary symbolic analogy. This visual metaphor can, among others, allow for an unambiguous identification of the object when it is presented in front of the visitor’s eyes as the principal object of care Lesy ČR Co. is responsible for. It is, however, not only the building evoking the character of a natural environment but the entire space of its close surroundings. That is why an oak grove and the adjacent forest park dominate instead of parked cars here. The building itself, its materialization, efficiency, and environment it is placed in tell one common story: a story of responsible, efficient, and ecology-driven landscape management.