Architecture Days Bratislava

The vertical dynamics of the upward or downward urban development is a phenomenon of modern intensification of the city and provides an actual alternative to the extensive consumption of more and more horizontal areas. The verticals have strong impact on the city’s skyline and as such they have been recently a topic of extensive discussion in Bratislava. The undergrounds, on the contrary, stay often unnoticed but necessary counterpart of the city’s towers, which can be the same attractive, both from architectural and structural points of view. In the framework of the concept of Up & Down Bratislava we would like to draw attention to those vertical dominants and underground spaces considered to be at the same time exceptional architectural pieces.

Around 20 notable works of architecture will be opened during these two days to the participants. While climbing the top of the high-rise apartment houses, accessing sightseeing terraces of city towers and descending the mysterious undergrounds of buildings, sites of religious cults or urban infrastructure one can get acquainted with singular architectural solutions and get to know the capital city from an unusual perspective.

The architectural tours will be accompanied by the possibility to visit open studios of key architects in Bratislava, disclose the backstage of the architects’ work and peep into the fresh concepts being generated right now.

Architecture Days and the Open Doors Days are organized for the public in cooperation of Department of Architecture at the Institute of Construction and Architecture of Slovak Academy of Sciences with the Austrian Society for Architecture.

Opening Event at the Slovak Radio Broadcast Building

The Opening of the Architecture Days will take place on Friday 28 May 2010, 6pm at the Slovak Radio Broadcast building 16.-31. 8. 2010 building, Mýtna 1, Bratislava.

In the form of public event entitled “Tribute to architect Svetko” the late modern building of Slovak Radio Broadcast will become a place of reunion of numerous key personalities of Slovak architectural scene and the architecture of Stefan Svetko will be celebrated via site specific installation, exhibition and lively discussion as a timeless icon of modern architecture in Bratislava.

Up Bratislava / Hore Bratislava / Auf Bratislava

Friday, May 28th 2010

- Slovak Television Building, Mlynská dolina, Bratislava 4 (Jozef Struhař, Václav Čurilla, 1974) E
- Incheba Hotel, Viedenská cesta 5, Bratislava 5 (Vladimír Dedeček, 1981)
- National Bank of Slovakia, I. Karvaša 1, Bratislava 1 (Martin Kusý, Pavol Paňák, 2002)
- Tower 115, Pribinova 25, Bratislava 2 (Juraj Hermann, 2008)

Saturday, May 29th 2010

- Television transmission tower Kamzík, Cesta na Kamzík 14, Bratislava 3 (Jakub Tomašák, Juraj Kozák, Stanislav Májek, 1975) E
- Apartment House Obydik, Račianska and Pionierska street, Bratislava 3 (Martin Kusý, Pavol Paňák, Alexandra Kusá, Martin Kusý ml. 2010)
- Housing Complex III Towers, Bajkalská 9, 9a, 9b, Bratislava 3 (Peter Moravčík, Martin Wolf, 2009)
- Studio in the Water Tower, Nobelova 34, Bratislava 3, (Martin Kusý, Pavol Paňák, 2008) E
- Housing Complex Rozadol, Ružová dolina 25, Bratislava 2 (Peter Moravčík, Juraj Šujan, 2007)
- Tatra City, Černyševského 40, 42, 44, 46, Bratislava 5 (Ľubomír Závodný, 2009)

Down Bratislava / Dole Bratislava / Ab Bratislava

Friday, May 28th 2010

- Chatam Sofer Memorial, Nábrežie arm. gen. L. Svobodu, Bratislava 1 (Martin Kvasnica, 2002) E
- Bratislava Castle Underground, Bratislava 1 E
- Historical Tunnel under the Castle Hill, Bratislava 1 (1940s)

Saturday, May 29th 2010

- Slovak National Theater Extension Building Underground, Komenského nám., Bratislava 1 (Rajmund Hirth, 1972) E
- Tomb of Salesians of Don Bosco, Cemetery Ružinovský cintorín, Popradská, Bratislava 2 (Michal Bogár, Ľubomír Králik, Ľudovít Urban, 2005)
- St. Martin´s Cathedral, Rudnayovo nám. 1, Bratislava 1 (1452)
- Military Bunker S-B-8, Kopčianska ul., Bratislava 5, (1930s)