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Bunker V37 Transformation, Czech Republic,

Bunker V37 is a project that presents a transformation of old military bunkers built on the former territory of Czechoslovakia before WWII.  Around 10 000 fortresses of the so called “Řopík” bunkers were built in a network along the borders of Czechoslovakia. Today most of them are unused and run down, being abandoned for decades they are overgrown or clogged with trash and mud.

This proposal transforms the typical lightweight bunker, which has its characteristic soft shape with rounded corners and two “ears” that functioned as barriers against entering the bunker.

The bunkers are merged into the surrounding landscape and are found along the borders of Czech and Slovakia in various natural surroundings as mountains, rivers, lakes and fields.

To show an example both in the smaller scale of how a single bunker can be transformed into a usable living space, but also in the larger scale to create regional or national hiking routes by connecting the bunkers with tracks and transforming some of the bunkers to overnight cabins, mountain huts, information points, activity and meeting places etc.