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NEW RESIDENTIAL ZONE - NOVÁ VALCHA. PROJECT - JULY 2012. NOVÁ VALCHA IS LOCATED BETWEEN BORSKÉ POLESÍ AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PLZEŇ - VALCHA. ORIGINALLY THERE WERE RECREATIONAL BUILDINGS IN THE AREA INSTEAD OF WHICH NEW FAMILY HOUSES ARE SPONTANEOUSLY BEEING BUILT. DESIGN TRIES TO SET AN ORDER AND BASIC TOWN-FORMING PRINCIPLES. IT CREATES HIERARCHY OF WHOLE URBAN SPACE BY IMPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENT BUILDING ZONES WITH DIFFERENT TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS. FOCUS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS BASED AROUND EXISTING ROUNDABOUT - NEW LOCAL CENTER WITH CIVIC AMENITIES WHICH ALSO CULTIVATES A TRAFFIC CHARACTER OF THE CROSSING AND CREATES A RATHER URBAN SQUARE FOR PEOPLE GATHERING (ZONE A). EAST OF THIS ZONE A DENSE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSES WITH RESIDENTIAL TOWERS (ZONE B) IS PROPOSED, WEST OF THE ZONE AN AIRY PARK AREA (ZONE C) IS DESIGNED WITH SEVERAL SMALLER RESIDENTIAL HOUSES. FROM THE NORTH THE ZONE C IS BORDER BY A COMPACT DEVELOPMENT COMBINING ROW - HOUSES WITH SEMI - DETACHED HOUSES AND FAMILY HOUSES (ZONE D). FAMILY HOUSES ARE ALWAYS LOCATED IN THE QUITEST PART OF THE WHOLE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX.