Czechoslovak pavilion EXPO '58, Praha, CZ
Posted by: Dáin & Olík
N 50° 05.780 E 014° 25.780
33U E 459207 N 5549496
CS pavilon na EXPO'58 v Bruselu / CS pavilion from EXPO'58 in Brusel.
Waymark Code: WMAHZ9
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/19/2011
Views: 163
Ceskoslovensky pavilon obdrzel hlavni cenu a po skonceni vystavy bylo rozhodnuto tu zajimavou stavbu premistit do republiky. Misto nasla ve svahu Letenske plane.
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Czechoslovak pavilion won the first prize and after the fair pavilion was moved to the Czechoslovakia and was set at the edge of Letna field.
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Svetova vystava EXPO 1958 (zkracene take Expo 58) byla svetova vystava, konana od 17. dubna do 19. listopadu 1958 v Bruselu.
Nejznamejsim symbolem vystavy se stalo Atomium – 110 m vysoky model atomu. Je to jedna z nejslavnejsich vystav, kterou navstivilo 42 milionu lidi. Byla to prvni velka svetova vystava po druhe svetove valce.
Pro ceskoslovensko byla vystava velmi uspesna. Ziskalo Zlatou hvezdu a dalsich trinact oceneni. Za nejlepsi pavilon byl vyhlasen cs. pavilon Frantiska Cubra, Josefa Hrubeho a Zdenka Pokorneho. Pozornost vzbudila moderne architektonicky resena restaurace, ktera byla po ukonceni vystavy prevezena do Prahy a umistena v Letenskych sadech, Laterna magika a celkova koncepce exhibice. Hlavni cenu v mezinarodni filmove prehlidce ziskal vedecko-fantasticky film Karla Zemana Vynalez zkazy. Behem pripravy ceskoslovenske expozice doslo k urcitemu kulturnimu uvolneni. Komunisticke vedeni statu dalo autorum pomerne znacnou volnost a ti to casto povazovali za jedinecnou prilezitost k svobodne tvorbe.
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The Czechoslovak pavilion was visited by 6 million people and was officially awarded the best pavilion of the Expo 58.
The exposition "One Day in Czechoslovakia" was designed by Jindrich Santar who cooperated with artists Jirí Trnka, Antonín Kybal, Stanislav Libenský and Jan Kotík. Architects of the simple, but modern and graceful construction were František Cubr, Josef Hrubý and Zdenek Pokorný. The team's artistic freedom, so rare in the hard-line communist regime of the 1950s, was ensured by the government committee for exhibitions chairman František Kahuda. He supported the famous Laterna Magika show, as well as Josef Svoboda's technically unique polyecran.
Original Location: N 50° 53.993 E 004° 20.364
How it was moved: Disassembled
Type of move: Country to Country
Building Status: Private
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