Textilana Residential Blocks
The silhouettes of two bio-based towers form a gateway to a new urban district. From the central square, a sequence of residential blocks unfolds, laid out according to the orthogonal grid of the former textile factory. The rhythm of the façades references woven fabric patterns once produced at the historic Textilana site. The architecture naturally links the past with the present, connecting the urban fabric with the surrounding landscape and presenting it in a contemporary form.
The two towers are composed of interrelated planes that respond to the landscape through carefully framed views of the greenery. The northern volume rises westward from the new square. Its horizontal terraces gradually shift into steeper curves, culminating in a vertical tower. The southern mass descends from east to west, integrating into the green slope and adjacent public spaces. The façades are oriented to maximize sunlight, allowing daylight to reach deep into the interior spaces. Along Jablonecká Street, the buildings form a clearly defined public frontage with active ground-floor uses, including cafés and services that bring life to the area.
From the small square, bio-integrated terraces ascend, planted with both private and shared greenery. These stepped gardens extend the natural qualities of the site upward through the architecture, bringing elements of vegetation and water into the upper levels. Between the two main volumes, a semi-public courtyard provides a shared space for community interaction and everyday social life.
A new street-facing block follows the original industrial grid. Recessed niches within the façade create internal terraces, opening views toward the southern green slope and adding rhythm and depth to the street elevation. Within the natural corridor seen from Jablonecká Street, a separate vertical building is proposed, with greenery as its defining feature. The structure integrates into the existing backdrop of mature trees. The façades use a large-scale architectural vocabulary. Vertical trellises with integrated planters connect two floors at a time, visually reducing the building's height and creating continuity with the surrounding greenery. The result is a distinctive and celebratory architectural presence.
Subtle massing shifts, inspired by the mechanics of weaving looms, break up the otherwise strict geometry of the northern façades. The southern side is fully open, with large terraces and cantilevered balconies facing the vegetated slope. This natural backdrop provides views, shade, and privacy.
The façades follow a regular grid, whose alternating rhythm recalls the woven patterns once produced by the textile factory. The architecture thus creates a direct connection between the site's industrial past and its natural context, now reinterpreted in a contemporary residential form.
The project includes 200 apartments and 200 parking spaces. The total investment cost is approximately 800 million CZK.
