The master thesis develops a conceptual design of the Carthusian monastery gardens at Žička Carthusian Monastery based on a contemporary interpretation with clear
references to the former original gardens of the monastery. The area of the former gardens is now only partially landscaped, namely a small part of the former outer
garden, while the remaining areas are lawns, which in some places are already overgrown. Historical and archival sources indicate that the monastery was enriched
with larger garden and arable areas at its peak, but the actual and precise historical situation is difficult to determine due to the age of the monastery, and the sources are not sufficiently precise or clear for reconstruction. The task focuses on the creation of a new garden design in a modern and attractive way, still essentially following the
design regulations of the time. The new monastery gardens are not only an approximation of the former gardens and the grandeur of the monastery, but with a modern interpretation, they are redesigned and executed in such a way as to combine
the original formative landscape-architectural elements of medieval garden design and a newly created story that adds variety to the space and links the individual elements
of the monastery. The purpose of the newly designed gardens is to show the former functioning of the Carthusian monastery, its garden structure and to follow the garden
design of the time in a modern way, which is achieved by incorporating all the elements of the Carthusian monastery gardens, transformed to make them more suitable for today's needs. The programme, the arrangement of the elements and the garden design are thus more in line with modern man and today's perception of the landscape. The newly designed gardens thus increase the spatial diversity of the
monastery and become part of the development linking the gardens in the modern transformed green spaces with the monastery's medieval cultural heritage.
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