Inner Courtyard Block

Inner Courtyard Block is a place to pause in time between the industrial past, today’s quiet, and a vision of the future. The project opens a new pedestrian route, connecting Kladno’s center with the west beyond the old spoil heap. An underpass beneath the railway reconnects the city with the forest and housing, letting people move freely through the land. Newly planted trees and open spaces let the landscape breathe again. The design preserves unique features of the old heap sunken paths, viewpoints, and valleys keeping the memory of its mining roots alive as the place grows anew.