Strážní 23
In October 2022 I moved into small communal house located in quiet part of Prague’s Žižkov district. The house itself was built in early 1920s by architect Ladislav Machoň as a part of larger housing project intended to provide modest housing for government employees. Locals are very often children or grandchildren of the first inhabitants, which, combined with Machoň’s inspiration in garden cities provides the place with a sense of community and specific experience that differs from life in other parts of surrounding city. The building we lived in was neglected and already scheduled for demolition, so we constantly lived in a state of uncertainity, but we still managed to enjoy this space and share this experience with our friends through concerts and garden gatherings.
Photographs I made during my time there are the fragments of memory of the place that now materially exists only in archives of those involved in the community, as the house was demolished in October 2024.