SEARCHING FOR AN IDEAL SITE AND DESIGN OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS

The National Theatre and the National Museum are buildings symbolising its time and the state of mind of our society with a great influence on the national culture and values of Czech republic. These institutions are responsible for fostering cultural enlightenment on the highest possible level, but also remain accessible to the wide public. Isles of perfection in the middle of chaos. The new building of the National Library, that belongs among the iconic type of institution as the ones cited above, however remains a question without an answer. This “master thesis“ attempts to find an optimal location in the urban structure of the capital for this building, form a program and a concept and design a construction of an institution of a national and international significance.