“All who are truthful to themselves will eventually understand each other.”
I have always been interested in the relationship between people and their environment. How can places support and develop our unique potential and who we are? I believe that there is not one architecture, but rather an infinite number of architectures, and it fascinates me to explore them with others. My work is dedicated to (co)creating architectures that can inspire their users, respond to their needs and resonate with their character.
In the architectural approach, I pay great attention to the artistic aspect, drawing on spiritual foundations, building on contemporary feminist theories, and the principles of universal human rights.
In addition to the architectural practice, I am active in the organization Architektky (Czech for Women in Architecture), which I co-founded in 2020 with my friend and colleague Adéla Pečlová. I also dedicate my time to working as a coordinator at the international studio A2|Future Architectures Platform at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.
Areas of interest: architectures, feminisms, spiritualities, human rights
Why are you a part of “Magic Carpets”: I truly believe in the potential of art and architecture to unite people through the shared values that contemporary European society is built upon. I am also looking forward to exploring new ways of working that are more sustainable than those typically found in the conventional capitalist framework.
“Magic Carpets” project for 2025 is in progress
More updates coming soon
Past projects
Architektky
Type: Platform for women in architecture
Architektky [Women in Architecture] is a platform originally created to connect women working in fields related to the built environment. Over time, Architektky’s activities have expanded. We address issues of fair opportunities and diverse needs within the architectural profession. Our goal is to promote greater diversity in architectural representation, making architecture more inclusive of varied approaches and outcomes, while fostering a kind and respectful environment.
Currently the platform contains more than 10 people who have actively been contributing to the Architektky’s public initiatives. Additionally, over 1,600 women architects from the Czech and Slovak Republics are members of our closed online community.
Truth x Care: How do children and parents live in Prague?
Type: Author’s exhibition
Making the city more welcoming for different groups of people is an idea that has often been discussed in recent years. For the VI PER Gallery we have prepared an exhibition focusing on the life of small children and their parents in Prague. How do they get around and where do they go? Where do they feel comfortable and where not? Is the city for everyone? In order to answer these questions, we created a questionnaire for parents who often move with their children in Prague’s public spaces. 236 parents of preschool children answered our call. The themes that emerged from the survey were developed in an interdisciplinary collective. The exhibition is our analysis, but also a materialized commentary on the theme of space for all. It is possible to walk or run freely through the exhibition,
to be guided by the game, but you can also just relax or play. If you need to change your baby’s diper, feed them, prepare milk or heat up a snack, the exhibition space offers you facilities. The exhibition “Truth x Care: How do children and parents live in Prague?” brings the idea of a city more open to all to life for several weeks at the gallery’s training ground.
Authors of the exhibition: Alžběta P. Brůhová, Klára Brůhová, Karina Hoření, Adéla Pečlová
Graphic design and illustrations: Jakub Plachý
Type: Public space
Architecture is often a long-distance race, and I always ask myself in the back of my mind if I will still be in line with the “old” approach when the design is finished. The square in front of the elementary art school in Pečky is my first realized design for a public space, where 5 long years have passed since the first sketches. Looking back on the project at this point, it seems to me that it has matured into something that I just intuitively navigated. I see the contribution of the visual artist Adela Součková as crucial, whose motif has moved the architecture away from a utilitarian modernist/stylistic box and allows the user to wander imaginatively. For me, the mini-theater/cinema approach works as I imagined it would (we’ll see how life continues to test it). From my perspective, there has been an incredible human synergy between the city folks, the civil engineer, and the contractor over the years. Going to the inspection days was truly a joy for me! For myself, I continue to take away that I want to work with people who are on the same wavelength, both on the client side and the collaborating professions, that I want to continue to develop my work with color and imagination, and that I want to bring as much playfulness, joy and lightness into my designs as possible.
Architectural design: Alžběta P. Brůhová
Author of art motif: Adéla Součková
Civil engineer: Jakub Douděra
Type: Collaborative Design-Build project
We ended the 2019 building season in style with the Košice neighborhood community Poď na dvor (Come to the Yard). In this yard, we worked together over the weekend to build a backdrop for outdoor activities. It’s a simple cone-shaped wooden building that arouses curiosity because you can’t see what is inside and you can’t see the entrance at first glance. But if you make it, the building can be modified and a side wall can be folded down into the courtyard. The play box opens up, creating a stage for theatrical or musical performances, resting or other activities. The cooperation has created situations and solutions that one person could never invent or experience alone. The Košice co-building was pure joy. Everyone participated as best they could. Someone drilled, someone cut, someone organized a debate about the final shape of the roof and tried to bring it to a consensus, someone took care of the builders’ drinking regime, someone barbecued, someone already baked at home and brought it to everyone, someone just walked around and talked and then put their hand to the work, someone next door started a parallel workshop of furniture making, and children played around and built bunkers out of boxes. It’s all a matter of mutual trust and the desire to create together. Thank you for the opportunity and the warm welcome.
Architectural design: Alžběta P. Brůhová, Viktória Mravčáková
Construction: Alžběta P. Brůhová, Michal Pončák
Realization team: Iva Skoumalová. Zuzana Jarošová, Monika Timková, Igor Kupec, Juraj Čokyna and other members of the Poď na dvor community
What inspires you as an artist? The same things that inspire me as a human being. Breathing is the foundation, followed by various forms of interpersonal, interspecies, and intermaterial encounters.
What do you think is the purpose of art? For me, art has the power to bring into existence something that doesn’t yet exist, through the creative process(es) of imagination, play, experimentation — the “what if…”.
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