The architectural concept of the Franciscan Institute
The building is designed as a plain separately standing structure with three floors that is structurally clearly distinct from the historical complex. The particular functions correspond with the individual floors.The open ground plan of the downstairs that is intended for major social events of the centre adjoins the monastery garden and the area for pastoral activity. In the basement is the archive, on the first and second floors are living quarters with the capacity of 16 two-bed rooms with the equipment. Attached to the residential part, above the main entrance to the building, is an easily identifiable chapel (thanks to the embedded cross) available for visitors to the Institute.
The features chosen for the garden façade of the building – plain structure covered with a wooden projecting wall – have two meanings: the linkage between the interior and the life of the Institute with the life of the monastery, and partial independence of the Institute’s function of those in the corresponding historical period.
The chosen principle of merging the contrasts of contemporary means of expression with the wealth of historical structure lets both organic parts of the new complex shine.
The renovation of the monastery complex will naturally lead to the renovation of the monastery garden that will profit on a new access and on abolishing its being closed by the present dwelling unit through new opportunities of its utilization. The renovation of the complex will also treat the parcel walls and the functional area at the point where it joins Holubyho Street due to the planned erection of a shop.
