Podbaba-Troja-Bohnice Cable Car

In August 2022 the studio won a shortlisted design competition for three stations and five pylons that will form a new cable car link over the Vltava river in Prague, linking the districts of Podbaba, Troja and Bohnice.

The three cable car stations have been conceived as a single roof, split into three, unifying the architectural language of the different locations. Each individual roof encloses the cable car equipment in an acoustic shell which floats above the platforms with elegant geometric forms.

Prague's mild climate makes it possible to design open platforms; allowing passengers to see new views of the city, whilst also separating the mass of the roof from the lower part of the station.

The pylons are designed as a simple form that elegantly integrates all the structural, as well as technical-maintenance requirements of a cableway, presenting a solution that creates a clean and uncluttered silhouette, that nestle in the unique natural area of the Troja valley.