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2013

AUTODESK AWARD /  competition THINK ARCH 2013

residential, student housing & polyfunctional house

competition, ( collaboration Robert Gallo )

 

Area of the former textile factory “Slovenka” became after the demolition of almost all of the original buildings brownfield, situated close to the historic center of Banska Bystrica. Currently, the town council discussed various development projects generating proposals of the glamorous entertainment-multipurpose shopping centers, ruthlessly destroying the last remnants of the industrial complex of factories, which is from the 60s an essential part of this site. Therefore, we as native inhabitants from Banská Bytrica, tried to find for this place meaningful use, maintain at least what little of the original face “Slovenka” remained so to restore the site and its surroundings genius loci, which are so much missing. Banska Bystrica as a center of education suffers from a lack of accommodations for students. By revitalizing this brownfield, we are changing abandoned spaces to the center of student life.The simple accommodation units for the students and common areas and services for the public creates the connections between native inhabitants and young people.

We put the modular student housing cells as energy and functionally separate units into the original concrete skeleton. We benefit from the variability of the modul structures of this type of the buildings,so functions can be flexibly adapted to the respective needs in the future. The entrances to the cells take a place on the gallery communications. Centered located atrium that links shared terrace, supporting community life of all the students. Characteristic design module objects is also reflected in the expression of public spaces in the form of concrete tiles, green elements and features wooden terraces with rest areas and elevated stages. Thanks  to using a simple modular concept, reusing existing structures,using the prefabricated production of residential containers and using recyclable materials this building becames economically efficient and friendly to the environment.

 

http://www.thinkarch.cz/2013/zpravy/think-arch-2013-zna-viteze

http://www.cka.cc/ostatni/akce/think-arch-2013