Pavel Borecký

Renewal of Czech-German Border Landscape

A trilingual book on changing the destiny of wounded landscape

2015, Plzeň 2015, o.p.s.

vyskovice 2015 – about
pilsen 2015 – city of culture

“As a participation specialist, I witnessed how land art can generate focused energy and create a transition momentum.”

  • Editor: Klára Salzmann
  • Authors: Klára Salzmann, Petr Hlaváček, Pavel Borecký, Irena Bukačová, Mirka Válová, Petr Mikšíček, Štěpán Špoula, Christine Rottenbacher, Milan Svoboda, Kateřina Kvasničková, Pavlína Mikšíčková and Nigel Thorne
  • Publisher: Plzeň 2015, o.p.s., 2015
  • Language: English, German, Czech
  • Paperback: 201 pages
  • Price: open access
  • My contribution: author 
  • Key words: Czech history, Czech-German relations, transnationalism, regional development, landscape architecture, land art

Renewal of Czech-German Border Landscape

Wiederbelebung der deutsch-tschechischen Grenzlandschaft 

Obnova krajiny česko-německého pohraničí

The trilingual book documents the international landscape architecture competition, which selected Výškovice village as a pioneering solution for the abandoned villages in the Czech-German borderland.

The project was organised under the umbrella of “Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015.”

Pavel Borecký – To Redraw Borders: An Outline of Participation in the Revitalization of the Czech-German Border Region

a book chapter

Walking along “borders” of memory and history, landscape and identity, my chapter “The Anthropology View” highlights important context influencing the potential participatory planning approaches to the revitalisation of the Sudeten borderland.

Table of Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • Starting… – Klára Salzmann
  • Project Introduction – Klára Salzmann
  • CONTEXTS
  • West Bohemia / Sudeten / the Czech Border Region – Petr Hlaváček
  • The Anthropology View – Pavel Borecký
  • The History of the Czech Landscape with an Emphasis on the Sudeten Area – Irena Bukačová
  • Similar Projects in Bohemia – Mirka Válová and Petr Mikšíček
  • A Landscape Architecture Story – Štěpán Špoula
  • Placemaking in Výškovice: Here and Now – Christine Rottenbacher
  • The Role of Competitions and Open Calls – Milan Svoboda
  • The History and Present of Výškovice – Kateřina Kvasničková
  • PROJECT PROCESS
  • International Landscape Call for Ideas – Klára Salzmann
  • First Round and Evaluation – Klára Salzmann
  • A Workshop in Chodová Planá – Klára Salzmann
  • Second Round and Evaluation – Klára Salzmann
  • Progress of Implementation of the Land Art Project – Klára Salzmann
  • International Conference “Border Landscapes: People – Emotions – Landscape – Solutions” – Pavlína Mikšíčková
  • Communique – Nigel Thorne
  • CONCLUSION
  • Impressions of the Participants
  • Impressions of the Organisers
  • Conclusion – Klára Salzmann

“The Anthropology View” chapter