Jan Kaplicky's doomed Prague library reborn as bus stop

The mini-version of Kaplicky’s controversial ‘Octopus’ scheme - designed by the Future System’s co-founder two years before his death in January 2009 - was sponsored by drinks giants Pepsi.

The company ran a competition to draw up for a new bus stop for the Lesná quarter of the city - a contest which was won by teenager Martin Felgr (click here for a video of the construction).

It is understood the proposal was backed by Kaplicky’s widow Eliska Fuchsova Kaplicky who also asked Czech-born Eva Jiřičná to help.

Future System’s original scheme for Prague’s new central library ran into heated opposition almost immediately after the blob-like scheme won an anonymous international competition in 2007.

Watch a video about Kaplicky and his struggle to build his dream project in his homeland here.

More images and information about the bus stop can be read on BrnoNow.

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