Category: Design Log
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The Deep Dive: Forging an Urban Program from Evidence // Design Log #03
Introduction: The Foundation is Set. Now, We Build the Evidence. In our last entry, we anchored our vision in the hard reality of the city’s own strategic documents. We established a clear mandate for the transformation of Náchod. But a mandate is not a masterplan. A strategic blessing is not a blueprint. With the “why”…
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Anchoring the Vision: From a Concept to a Mandate // Design Log #02
Introduction: A Vision is Not Enough In our first log entry, we defined the core vision for Project Náchod: a spa as “Urban Acupuncture.” But a powerful idea is only the beginning. A vision imposed upon a city is an act of arrogance; a vision that responds to a city’s deepest needs is an act…
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A Spa as Urban Acupuncture: Finding the Core of Project // Design Log #01
Introduction: More Than a Building Every project begins with a question. For the forgotten spa in Náchod-Běloves, the question was not simply “How do we design a new building?” but something far more fundamental: How do you design a project that heals not just people, but an entire post-industrial city? This is the journal of that…