A new educational workplace called Statika hrou (Statics in Play) has been established in the Centre of Building Heritage of the NTM Plasy. It was created in cooperation with the Czech Chamber of Authorised Engineers and Technicians in Construction (ČKAIT) and since 28 June 2019 it has been showing visitors how the construction of a house works from a static point of view. Translated into the language of smaller visitors, “How does a house stand and not fall down.”

The language of the younger visitors is not usually words and instructions, but images, touches, the opportunity to be active in exploration. These criteria were decisive for the creation of this space, but at the same time, as in the whole museum, space was left for addressing a more professional public. The opportunity to touch different materials and try out basic static principles is complemented by the chance to see old historical plans and models, to learn how and why things are made and work.
For most people, a structural engineer is the person who is called to a damaged building and decides whether or not it should be demolished. That may be true, but the focus of his work is elsewhere. Where, that is what the newly opened education centre aims to show.

Exposition of the NTM CSD Plasy
from 28 June 2019.