Vinohradská 8
Art competition for a work of art
in a public space
Submission deadline for participation
3.5.2026
Remaining time to submit
About the Competition
Penta Real Estate s.r.o. in cooperation with PSN s.r.o. announces an open art competition. The subject of the competition is the design of an artwork placed in a public space between the future administrative building Vinohradská 8 and the existing building Vinohradská 10 („Unimex“). The project includes the creation of a new pedestrian passage through the city block, which connects the streets Římská, Vinohradská and Rubešova.
This will create a new city connection with potential for active use. The aim is to highlight the entry into the passageway, energize the main public space in front of the administrative building and attract the attention of its visitors.
Competition theme
The theme of the artwork is free. The choice of motif and artistic approach is fully left to the artists. Artists can draw inspiration from the history of the locality, its atmosphere or urbanistic context. Similarly, they can accentuate the current function of the place, especially the dynamics of the administrative building and its connection to the residential part. The aim is to create a work that sensitively responds to the character of the public space and contributes to its identity and cultural value.
1. Phase - libreto
Participants in the 1. phase of the competition are all who have met the conditions for participation in the competition. The electronically submitted publication should contain an ideational design of the artwork presented on the maximum extent of 5 pages. The booklet will be processed in the form of a short structured text and graphic expression. Based on the booklets, the jury will select 5–8 participants who will be invited by the organizer to participate in the 2. phase of the competition, i.e. the development of the idea into a detailed design.
2. Phase - proposal
Participants in the 2. phase of the competition are only participants who were invited by the jury to develop the booklet and submit proposals after the 1. phase. The participants will present their proposals to the jury during the mandatory continuous consultation and then at the competition workshop. After the workshop, the jury will select the winner of the competition.
For participants
More detailed materials in the form of architectural drawings and visualizations will be received by the participants after submitting the application for participation and will have them available for the creation of the booklet.
Jury
The jury, i the organizer, will conduct a direct dialogue with the participants during the workshop. All communication will take place in the Czech or Slovak language.
Independent members
Marie Foltýnová
Head of the public sculpture department GHMP
Dušan Zahoranský
Sculptor and pedagogue
Jana Bernartová
Artist, curator
Jakub Klaška
Architect
Emma Hanzlíková
art theorist, curator, and sinologist
Dependent members
Rudolf Vacek
Development Director, Penta Real Estate s.r.o.
Maximilian Adam Skala
Chairman, PSN s.r.o.
Jan Recman
Deputy Mayor, MČ Praha 2
David Musil
Country Managing Director, Penta Real Estate s.r.o.
Tomáš Popadič
Design Development Manager - Team Leader, Penta Real Estate s.r.o.
Experti poroty
On the first page (1) will be the identification and contact details, composition and biography of the team.
On the other four pages (2–5) at least 3 works/proposals will be presented, of which at least one is an artwork in a public space. Each reference project should:
be graphically supported by photographs, situation, diagrams, visualizations, 3D views, or other drawings,
described by a short text description, which will contain: the name of the applicant, a brief description of the project, the year of project processing and the current state of the project (design, implementation, or project preparation phase), information about who from the team of the applicant who participated in the project and what their role was
On the last page (6) will be a signed honest declaration of basic qualification requirements and a GDPR document (forms are available on the competition website). If the competition proposal is submitted by more physical or legal persons together, both documents must be submitted by each of these persons.
The request for participation will be verified by the secretary and the examiner of the competition and subsequently presented to the jury together with the booklet.