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Alois Jirásek Park

The motto was to create a "garden under the Giant Mountains" as a place of rest and leisure activities for the citizens of the town (picnics, games, relaxation on the grass, swimming). The functional and spatial arrangement of the park respects the original green vegetation. The main promenade starts with the statue of Alois Jirásek, the patron saint of the park, and ends on a platform with a spring, the symbolic heart of the park. Mineral water from the newly reconstructed NHr-1a (Regnerka) and Hronovka springs is fed into the stream. The park is divided into a southern, larger, sunny residential part and a northern, smaller, quiet representative part. The concept allows for a visual and spatial connection between the park and the river, removing ruins of old buildings and better routing of park paths. The basic skeleton of the park consists of walkways - a circular promenade and main
passages that divide the park into sectors with different functions (recreation, culture, representation, activities). The main route connects the city center with the surrounding districts of Zbečník and Velký Dřevíč and connects to the footbridge over the Metuje River. The new entrance to the park from Jiráskova Street will relieve the area in front of the Alois Jirásek House during visits of larger groups of tourists. The greenery has also been restored, where the original lawn and tall trees have been supplemented with flowering shrubs and perennials. New trees were planted with a vision of long-term growth and replacement of the current mature trees. The plant range was selected according to the local species composition of the surrounding landscape.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Hronov, CZ
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: photography: Honza Bartoň, Marek Kučera