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Sky Park in Bratislava
Mixed-Use Development in Slovakia ? design by Zaha Hadid Architects
22 May 2017
Sky Park in Bratislava
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Sky Park

Located southeast of Bratislava?s city centre, Sky Park is integral to the redevelopment of this derelict industrial area of the city. The design converts an abandoned site into a new 20,000 sqm public park and community of more than 700 apartments together with 55,000 sqm of office and retail space connected to the city?s tram and bus networks.

At the centre of this new park is the decommissioned heating plant designed by architect Du?an Jurkovi?. The Jurkovi?ova Teplárne heating plant dates from 1941 and is definitive of the Slovak architect?s later work. Threatened with demolition before being purchased by Penta, the plant is now listed as a national cultural monument and its façades will be repaired and reinstated as part of the Sky Park development.
With much of the city?s existing housing stock being ?paneláks? rapidly constructed during the postwar housing shortage, Sky Park?s fluid architecture creates generous new living spaces and engaging communal areas where people can connect.

The design was selected by the jury in 2010 and opens the site to the public, allowing everyone to explore the Jurkovi?ova historical landmark?as opposed to the closed perimeter block...