Designing Bata Society: a Case Study of Zlín

Zlín, located in the east part of the Czech Republic, is a historical industrial town. The development of this modern city has a deep connection with Bata shoe company and its social scheme. The company has been known for its shoe production and the urban and architectural values from its pioneer and utopian town planning and its variant modules...

Gardens of Dialectics: A story of decay and reconstruction

The graduation work aims to raise a discussion around the future of post-industrial urban centers and communities. A counter-project that, through a critique of conventional urban planning methods, wants to re-imagine the future of those small towns that are facing an economic and demographic crisis caused by the ending of industrial activities....

Wesfort School of Hospitality

The research explains the situation of the bad living conditions to which city planners, politicians and tycoons reacted. Both the healing environment (Wesfort) and the healthy environment (Company Towns and Garden Cities) have in common that the intention is to enhance the quality of life in order to increase productivity and community feeling....