The Extension of the Slezská Ostrava Town Hall continues a legacy spanning more than a century. The original structure, constructed between 1911 and 1913, symbolized the self-confidence and cultural identity of the then Czech-led city government. The Neo-Renaissance town hall became a key pillar of Slezská Ostrava’s identity.

Our design responds to this tradition in a deliberate way. We do not view the historic building as a decorative model to be imitated, but rather as a foundation of values. We engage in dialogue with it through a contemporary, abstracted gesture that reinterprets the original massing logic in a new way.

The existing town hall is symbolically mirrored – its volume and silhouette are echoed through the entrance portal of the new structure. By stripping the form of decorative detail, we arrive at a contemporary “imprint” that adopts the proportions and composition of the historical silhouette. The result is an abstracted carrier of identity expressed in the language of today.

This conceptual layer is integrated with the functional program of the new town hall. We adopt an administrative typology. The façade is clad in glass copilit, which is also used on the roofs of the abstracted volume, emphasizing the motif of transparency as a symbol of open and accessible city governance.