Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 7(5), pp. 262 - 270
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2019.070504
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University Campuses of Public Space and Subject of Architectural Design and Related Technical Infrastructure

Darja Kubečková ^1,*, Šárka Kročová ^2
1 Faculty of Civil Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
² Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

ABSTRACT

The significance of public space is indispensable in every country. It is based on the traditional legal concept of public and thus general use. Essentially, it concerns spaces accessible to everyone irrespective of the ownership of this space. In contemporary Czech legislation, for instance, the concept of public space is not anchored. In practice, it is particularly used in an indirect form for some legal acts of municipalities aimed at limiting activities or drawing up charges for use. Public areas, public space, however, have indispensable significance for laying line structures of technical infrastructure determining the operational function of buildings and their sets. Besides classic public technical infrastructure, public space often also includes other elements of technical structures, such as internal water mains and sewers, natural gas and electric power distribution lines, etc. The public area issue can be demonstrated in a case study, which is the university campus of Technical University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The paper focuses on defining positive and negative aspects of public space used in this way for the public, its owner, and the potential of risks resulting from it. In the final part of the basic scope, the paper implies in which ways and by which means the risk can be mitigated. In order to find the optimal results of the analysis, it is always necessary to use a suitable method that identifies both the probability and the extent of adverse consequences resulting from the activity, equipment or system in question. For the technical infrastructure, answering the question, "what can go wrong ? how likely is it ? and what will be the consequences ?". Among other methods, the FMEA, FMECA method used in the risk analysis of this issue meets these requirements.

KEYWORDS
Public Space, Architectural Design, Technical Infrastructure, University Campuses

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[1] Darja Kubečková , Šárka Kročová , "University Campuses of Public Space and Subject of Architectural Design and Related Technical Infrastructure," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 262 - 270, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2019.070504.

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Darja Kubečková , Šárka Kročová (2019). University Campuses of Public Space and Subject of Architectural Design and Related Technical Infrastructure. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 7(5), 262 - 270. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2019.070504.