Štefan Moravčík Slovakia // Selce Number of proposals: 4
NOMINATIONS
Nomination 1
Nomination 2
Mlynica - brownfield conversion GutGut info@gutgut.sk Reasons: Seeking new potential for neglected industrial sites. A true experiment verifying in practice if brownfield can be viably integrated into both a full-fledged urban environment and city life. In addition, it tests society’s ability and readiness to accept and identify with new programme and site specific architecture. Although Mlynica is not the first brownfield conversion in Slovakia, it is one of the "most radical" makeovers, considering the starting point. With minimal compromises, the authors have accepted the environment’s industrial essence, aesthetics and functionality. The building of Mlynica is part of a large postindustrial area of Light Building Materials in Bratislava. Until not so long ago, developers hardly had any interest in the plant. But fortunately, the long-abandoned site on Turbínová street did not suffer the fate of so many, often more valuable industrial complexes. The architectural design builds on the structural logic of the original building.
Trnava "Courtyard" Vallo Sadovsky Architects matus@vallosadovsky.sk Reasons: A new multipurpose, cultural space right in the centre of Trnava. Complex revitalisation and integration of historical section of the urban structure. Project joins historical burgher houses and their courtyards together into a single interconnected complex. It is a multifaceted and extensive project placed in the complicated conditions found in the core of the city. Various building structures, complicated spatial connection, the poor technical condition found in many of the original buildings, courageous visions... starting point was not straightforward and simple. The right mix of enthusiasm, courage and capabilities has in the end helped to create and bring something rarely found in Slovakia - comprehensive revitalisation of the city’s integrated historical neighbourhood. All this while preserving the diversity typical for its growing historical core. The result is an integration of new and old, contemporary and the past in a single, compact solution.