The evaluation committee has completed the demanding process of verifying the bids received by the city as part of the public procurement procedure for the second phase of the concert hall project and the reconstruction of the House of Culture of the City of Ostrava. Five bidders wanted to build this unique building, the bid prices ranged from 2.798 billion to 3.69 billion crowns.

After analysing all the submitted materials, the evaluation committee recommended to the city council the contractor Association for the Concert Hall, whose partners are IMOS Brno a.s. and IPS Třinec a.s., which offered the lowest bid price for the performance of the public contract, in the amount of CZK 2.798 billion. Today, the City Council approved the selection of the contractor on the condition that the documents required by law are submitted, and the contract with the selected bidder can be signed after their delivery and the expiry of the subsequent fifteen-day period for filing any objections, and if no participant files any objections. Otherwise, the city will settle the objections within fifteen days. The construction is now expected to be completed in 2027.

“The process of reviewing the submitted bids was indeed time-consuming with regard to the scope of the tender conditions. It is necessary to realize that the construction budget alone included 15,000 items. The evaluation committee gradually checked whether the individual prices were not too low in comparison with the official price system and whether they were not exceptionally low bid prices. The evaluation criterion was the total bid price. The committee analysed whether the bidder who offered the lowest price had fulfilled the tender conditions, consisting in meeting the requirements for the expertise of individual team members, the reference contracts, which it demonstrated in the form of similarly technically demanding constructions. The evaluation committee consisted of both representatives of the city and external specialists involved in the preparation of the concert hall project,” explained Břetislav Riger, Deputy Mayor for Investment.

A number of experts are involved in the preparation of this architecturally and technically exceptional project. At the time when the preparation of the project documentation and the subsequent evaluation of the bids culminated, a team of thirty specialists, both from the Ostrava City Hall and external experts, participated in the project. The first phase of the project, which included the preparation of the site, was launched last year and will be completed in mid-2024. The works necessary for the second phase included, for example, the construction of water management facilities, geothermal wells, relocations and connections of utilities such as gas pipelines, sewerage and high and low voltage networks, or the demolition of a non-functional amphitheatre, including the removal of foundation structures. In connection with the ongoing works, part of 28. října Street was also closed at the end of the year. Construction work for the implementation of the second phase of the project will begin after the completion of the work currently being carried out in the first phase.

“The construction will be financed with the help of a grant from the European Commission, a loan from the European Investment Bank, subsidies from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Moravian-Silesian Region. At the same time, the city is preparing applications for subsidies from other possible subsidy titles and is also saving money for its special-purpose fund to finance the concert hall, which currently has CZK 570 million,” said Jan Dohnal, Mayor of the city, adding: “At the same time as the start of the second phase of the concert hall project, work will be carried out on the construction of a parking house at the regional authority, which will offer approximately six hundred parking spaces.”

The Ostrava House of Culture was designed in 1954 by architect Jaroslav Fragner, built between 1956 and 1961, when it was inaugurated in 1961 and soon became a centre of cultural life. The building is formally based on New Classicism and Brussels style. The House of Culture of the City of Ostrava has been a cultural monument since 2004. However, the annual attendance of about 250,000 people also generates the need for reconstruction of the building. The new form of the monument has been known to the city since July 2019, when the results of the largest architectural competition in Ostrava’s modern history were announced. The winning design by Steven Holl Architects from New York and Architecture Acts from Prague preserves the existing building to a large extent. The shape of the new building is determined by a load-bearing steel structure, which is unparalleled, at least in Central Europe. The building is based on special anti-vibration elements that will absorb vibrations from the nearby road and tram line. A special composition of materials ensuring soundproofing was also designed for the external cladding. The city has attempted to build a high-quality concert hall six times, first in the 1860s, and most recently in 1969.

“The reconstruction of the Ostrava House of Culture is one of the city’s major strategic projects. However, a significant transformation awaits the entire affected area, the construction of a scientific library, the so-called Black Cube, work will begin on the aforementioned parking house, we are also planning the revitalization of the adjacent Dr. Milada Horáková Orchard, and 28. října Street will not remain unchanged either,” said Hana Tichánková, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Development and Spatial Planning and Building Regulations.

In 2021, the project was ranked among the ten most anticipated buildings in the world by the prestigious American magazine Architizer. The new complex will offer cultural, musical, production and educational facilities and will also be the seat of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava. Those interested will be able to sit not only in one of the 1300 seats of the concert hall, but the building will also offer a theatre hall with 490 seats, a multifunctional chamber hall with a capacity of 515 seats, 200 seats in the education centre or a capacity of 120 seats in the multifunctional lecture hall. The authors of the design did not forget about a world-class recording studio, spaces for leisure activities, restaurants, cafes and lounges.

“The concert hall for 1300 listeners will be the largest space in the building. Visitors will sit in an auditorium arranged in a so-called vineyard, divided into sections. However, the Ostrava House of Culture will not be exclusively for the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava, which will have its headquarters here and will also rehearse here. The excellent acoustics of the hall will certainly be appreciated by a number of Czech and foreign artists and other important orchestras. However, other organizers of exceptional cultural and social events will also find their refuge in the hall,” concluded Lucie Baránková Vilamová, Deputy Mayor for Culture. The Japanese company Nagata Acoustics carried out a series of acoustic measurements in the model of the interior of the concert hall to ensure the best acoustic parameters of the hall. The 1:10 scale model made it possible to simulate real acoustic conditions. Those interested can also view it through a virtual tour. 

Source: www.ostrava.cz

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