Last project by late Jan Kaplický in České Budějovice

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Jan Kaplický and his studio Future Systems designed Antonín Dvořák Congress and Concert Centre in České Budějovice, south Bohemia. The building was supposed to have a capacity of 1.400 spectators.
The Congress and Concert Hall Centre with the town's surroundings.
Kaplický's inspiration came from animal and human shapes and forms. The project was supposed to have been built at the site of former barracks.
The triangular shape earned the project a nickname - an eagle ray. According to Kaplický, the black color represented dignity and respect associated with classical music.
This was to be one of the two concert halls. A large eye-shaped window, strongly reminding the window from Kaplický´s blob, would provide a view ofthe surrounding landscape.
The Centre was to have two concert halls - one for 400 people and the other 1,000 - and a spacious foyer with restaurants and cafés.
In the design the roof covered by glass plates rests on an aluminum construction. The lower part of the building is lit, which creates an illusion of the whole building floating above the ground.
This is one of the first sketches of the project.