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Peer collective

Peer Collective is an architecture collective and studio based in Brno, Czech Republic, founded around 2017 by a group of young architects and other creative individuals who began collaborating during their studies at Brno University of Technology: Daniel Struhařík, Georgi Dimitrov, Natálie Ivkovičová, Jan Urbášek, Vojtěch Heralecký, and Jan Bureš. Throughout its development, the collective has grown with the participation of other key members such as Natálie Hodková, Ondřej Machač, Václav Centner, Radek Zabloudil, Markéta Čermáková, and Šimon Klein, reflecting the group's dynamic and collective nature. Their practice is based on an egalitarian, exploratory, and collaborative approach that seeks to experiment with new ways of making architecture.

The dynamic team shares a vision of architecture as an evolving discipline that must constantly undergo experimentation and exploration in order to truly serve people and their lives. “In our Brno studio, every project begins with a discussion around the concept. We meet, debate, and experiment together, exploring possible solutions and testing their feasibility through virtual reality, physical models, visualizations – or simply with a pencil and paper,” explain the authors.

Peer's work is also defined by an emphasis on international cooperation. This led to a win in a competition for a project on the corner of Revoluční Street, in which the collective joined forces with the Paris studio Muoto (Revoluční 30, 1st place in the competition). The collective is also currently working with Muoto on a project for a visitor center and the opening of the Budweiser Budvar complex (Open Budweiser Budvar, 1st place in the competition). Other projects include, for example, the new headquarters of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency in Brno (NÚKIB, 2nd place in the competition).

The word "peer" means colleague or equal. Being part of Peer Collective is, above all, about equality.  That is why there is no leader in this group, and the authors work together on each project. “We want everyone involved in a project to feel that they’ve contributed an equal share. The outcome is then truly a collective work,” explains Daniel Struhařík, the initiator of the entire project.

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  • Nombre
    Daniel Struhařík, Georgi Dimitrov, Natálie Ivkovičová, Jan Urbášek, Vojtěch Heralecký, Jan Bureš, Natálie Hodková, Ondřej Machač, Václav Centner, Radek Zabloudil, Markéta Čermáková, Šimon Klein. Peer collective
  • Birth
    2017
  • Venue
    Brno, Czech Republic
  • Website