Material research and sustainability
The Sky walk Świeradów-Zdrój
The work of the eminent Czech architect and teacher at FDA Prof. Ing. Arch. Zdeněk Fránek is a unique landmark towering over the spa town of Świeradów-Zdrój. It leads visitors to a height of 62 metres above the ground, from where it is possible to see the natural beauty of the border area. The Sky Walk is 64.8 metres high. A winding 799 m long walkway, wheelchair and pram accessible, climbs gently to the top of the viewpoint. The entire structure is made of steel, with only some of its elements clad in wood to imitate heavy timber beams. The viewpoint occupies a plot of 3,414 m2. The path fascinates with its intertwining and refined disorder. Unlike other trails, there are no quizzes, photo points or carved animals waiting for you on the way up. Instead, the trail contains successful adrenaline-boosting extras such as a floor-to-floor rope tube, a flexible net and a glass viewing platform.
Author: Prof. Ing. Arch. Zdeněk Fránek
Implemented construction
Poland
2021
Prof. Zdeněk Fránek is a distinctive personality of Czech architecture, an implementor of award-winning green buildings, where he seeks his own forms, experiments with morphology and technologies. He has been working at the Faculty since 2019 as the Head of the Environmental Design for Architecture studio, where he directs his students to think more deeply about ecology in their work and to behave responsibly towards natural resources. He was named Architect of the Year in 2020. He is a researcher of the Horizon Europe project: Palimpsest at FDA, author of the study of the planned building of the joint research centre on the UWB campus and the author of numerous buildings constructed around the world.
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