Nová Cvernovka - Jégého alej

multifunctional complex
SK, Bratislava — 2017
residential
investor, client
FINEP Jégeho alej a.s.
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
team, collaboration
Lukáš Komín, Kateřina Hejná, Jakub Krčmář, Karolína Koubová, GUTGUT s.r.o., LABAK - Laboratórium architektúry krajiny s.r.o., Marko and Placemakers Ltd
technical design, collaboration
Building s.r.o.
photographer
Borek Simandl, FINEP

The block between Jageho Street, Trnavska cesta, Zahradnicka Street and Mileticova Street represents historical border location, the place where the city turned into a periphery during the 19th century, where the residential block structure was transformed into industrial solitaires. It was the interface between the city and industrial suburb. To the south of Miletič, the block structure is still legible today, presenting a classic 19th century town, but north of this street, the industrial block was gradually transformed over the course of the 20th century into residential with a predominance of detached buildings. The block is now mainly legible through the streets, but the architectural infill is largely a reflection of the modernist sprawl of the solitaires. The only reminder of the industrial history of the site is the Cvernovka yarn factory building. Its generous architecture represents an important historical period of the city, a period when Bratislava was “Manchester" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the textile industry was an important economic force in this Danube region. However, it is also an important urban layer of the city, which is so typically intermingling and layering of different development epochs and the creation of contrasts. Our proposal develops the ideas set by the previous architects of the project and confirmed by the published planning permission. The interventions with which the proposal comes are guided by the desire to consolidate the quality and legibility of the public space and reinforce the significance of the historic Cvernova building. The fundamental parameter of the proposal is the permeability of the block and the hierarchy of the arrangement of the public space. The block, which is out of scale with the locality and its impenetrability is a significant barrier to area. The completed block should be integrative, it should be naturally integrated into the structure of the site and reinforce its residential character. At the same time, we are trying to create adequate industrial space monument of the historic spinning mill, which, with its conversion, can once again become an important space Bratislava. The exceptional industrial heritage of the site could become an inspiration for new buildings and their architectural rendering to create an authentic space with a strong character. Our starting point is the raw industrial poetics of industrial architecture. A collage of halls, warehouses, workshops, courtyards in between. Uncomposed juxtapositions of cheap buildings of often contrasting scales.They inspire us not because of any nostalgia, but because their essence is sheer expediency, rationality and efficiency. We also try to use absolutely rational tools and efficient components to create a poetic environment. To make an extraordinary city out of ordinary houses. The fundamental theme of the design is the hierarchy of public and private space. Depending on the hierarchy of privacy, we develop a social concept that seeks different levels of communication between future residents and visitors to the site to create a socially cohesive and naturally growing unit. The material composition is largely determined by the issued planning permission. In our proposal we seek a clearer definition of the block with a predominantly semi-private character of the internal environment and on the other hand, define a high-rise solitaire with its clear contour and relationship to the terrain. Final mass composition should be condensed, clearly structured into block and solitaire, vertically contrasting. The overall composition is made up of five objects A, B, C, D, E, with objects A, B, C, E forming a separate block and object D being a distinctive high-rise solitaire. The buildings that make up the block are connected by a raised garage floor and together create the space of a semi enclosed block. The aim is to define the building line in a legible way to make it clear where the public and private space is. The character of the courtyard block is semi-private, controlled by the residents. The space outside the block should be public and offer the opportunity to permeate the area, initiating interaction with the wider area. The desire for legibility and functionality of the composition, led us to the decision to reduce some of the volumes defined by the DUR in favour of opening up the views and passages. The essential public space of the site is spatially defined by object D, E and block layout A,B,C. The newly defined plaza is the entry space to the area, a place connected to the wider area thanks to its relationship to Trnavská cesta and in the future strengthened by the link to Miletičova street. It is a space where the historical building of Cvernovka is significantly applied in dialogue with the vertical dominance of the residential buildings C and D. The character of the site should be metropolitan, layered and generous. Essential public amenities, services and retail should be oriented here. The newly created public plaza is the antithesis of the semi-private courtyard, which should be more fragmented and intimate with community spaces ranging from communal facilities for residents to private front gardens, terraces and balconies. Individual houses are typified (three-tract, stair house, point house). The whole composition can be divided into six independent units. The rational modulation inherent in industrial buildings is written into all aspects and details of our design. From the transverse structural modulation of 7.5m harmonizing the parking with the layout of the apartments, to the modulation of the facades into a kind of rafter-like factory halls filled with different shades of materials and structures. The raster can be used up to the modulation of the parterre, the design of terraces, front gardens and public spaces to the conception of green spaces. Paved areas can play with a collage of different pavements, tracks, manhole covers, asphalt patches. The main ambition of our design is to demolish the stereotype that there are only solutions that are cheap and efficient but banal, or expensive and impractical but beautiful. We are trying to create a place that has character, poetry, and willgive the people who live here a chance to feel at home in a former brownfield site through the thoughtful and sensitive application of effective solutions.

Nová Cvernovka - Jégého alej

multifunctional complex
SK, Bratislava — 2017
residential
investor, client
FINEP Jégeho alej a.s.
architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig
team, collaboration
Lukáš Komín, Kateřina Hejná, Jakub Krčmář, Karolína Koubová, GUTGUT s.r.o., LABAK - Laboratórium architektúry krajiny s.r.o., Marko and Placemakers Ltd
technical design, collaboration
Building s.r.o.
photographer
Borek Simandl, FINEP

The block between Jageho Street, Trnavska cesta, Zahradnicka Street and Mileticova Street represents historical border location, the place where the city turned into a periphery during the 19th century, where the residential block structure was transformed into industrial solitaires. It was the interface between the city and industrial suburb. To the south of Miletič, the block structure is still legible today, presenting a classic 19th century town, but north of this street, the industrial block was gradually transformed over the course of the 20th century into residential with a predominance of detached buildings. The block is now mainly legible through the streets, but the architectural infill is largely a reflection of the modernist sprawl of the solitaires. The only reminder of the industrial history of the site is the Cvernovka yarn factory building. Its generous architecture represents an important historical period of the city, a period when Bratislava was “Manchester" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the textile industry was an important economic force in this Danube region. However, it is also an important urban layer of the city, which is so typically intermingling and layering of different development epochs and the creation of contrasts. Our proposal develops the ideas set by the previous architects of the project and confirmed by the published planning permission. The interventions with which the proposal comes are guided by the desire to consolidate the quality and legibility of the public space and reinforce the significance of the historic Cvernova building. The fundamental parameter of the proposal is the permeability of the block and the hierarchy of the arrangement of the public space. The block, which is out of scale with the locality and its impenetrability is a significant barrier to area. The completed block should be integrative, it should be naturally integrated into the structure of the site and reinforce its residential character. At the same time, we are trying to create adequate industrial space monument of the historic spinning mill, which, with its conversion, can once again become an important space Bratislava. The exceptional industrial heritage of the site could become an inspiration for new buildings and their architectural rendering to create an authentic space with a strong character. Our starting point is the raw industrial poetics of industrial architecture. A collage of halls, warehouses, workshops, courtyards in between. Uncomposed juxtapositions of cheap buildings of often contrasting scales.They inspire us not because of any nostalgia, but because their essence is sheer expediency, rationality and efficiency. We also try to use absolutely rational tools and efficient components to create a poetic environment. To make an extraordinary city out of ordinary houses. The fundamental theme of the design is the hierarchy of public and private space. Depending on the hierarchy of privacy, we develop a social concept that seeks different levels of communication between future residents and visitors to the site to create a socially cohesive and naturally growing unit. The material composition is largely determined by the issued planning permission. In our proposal we seek a clearer definition of the block with a predominantly semi-private character of the internal environment and on the other hand, define a high-rise solitaire with its clear contour and relationship to the terrain. Final mass composition should be condensed, clearly structured into block and solitaire, vertically contrasting. The overall composition is made up of five objects A, B, C, D, E, with objects A, B, C, E forming a separate block and object D being a distinctive high-rise solitaire. The buildings that make up the block are connected by a raised garage floor and together create the space of a semi enclosed block. The aim is to define the building line in a legible way to make it clear where the public and private space is. The character of the courtyard block is semi-private, controlled by the residents. The space outside the block should be public and offer the opportunity to permeate the area, initiating interaction with the wider area. The desire for legibility and functionality of the composition, led us to the decision to reduce some of the volumes defined by the DUR in favour of opening up the views and passages. The essential public space of the site is spatially defined by object D, E and block layout A,B,C. The newly defined plaza is the entry space to the area, a place connected to the wider area thanks to its relationship to Trnavská cesta and in the future strengthened by the link to Miletičova street. It is a space where the historical building of Cvernovka is significantly applied in dialogue with the vertical dominance of the residential buildings C and D. The character of the site should be metropolitan, layered and generous. Essential public amenities, services and retail should be oriented here. The newly created public plaza is the antithesis of the semi-private courtyard, which should be more fragmented and intimate with community spaces ranging from communal facilities for residents to private front gardens, terraces and balconies. Individual houses are typified (three-tract, stair house, point house). The whole composition can be divided into six independent units. The rational modulation inherent in industrial buildings is written into all aspects and details of our design. From the transverse structural modulation of 7.5m harmonizing the parking with the layout of the apartments, to the modulation of the facades into a kind of rafter-like factory halls filled with different shades of materials and structures. The raster can be used up to the modulation of the parterre, the design of terraces, front gardens and public spaces to the conception of green spaces. Paved areas can play with a collage of different pavements, tracks, manhole covers, asphalt patches. The main ambition of our design is to demolish the stereotype that there are only solutions that are cheap and efficient but banal, or expensive and impractical but beautiful. We are trying to create a place that has character, poetry, and willgive the people who live here a chance to feel at home in a former brownfield site through the thoughtful and sensitive application of effective solutions.