The children’s playground at Budkova street (which translates as the Booth Street) has left many adults with memories of scratched knees or sand castles. Over the last 10 years, however, this potentially-lucrative piece of land has deteriorated and some local interest groups seem to be planning to use this large space in a manner not beneficial for the public. Opposite the playground there…

The courtyard at numbers 1 to 5 Tovarenska street makes you feel the burden of the past. There are barred ground floor windows, concrete pavement, garages reflecting a past that should be long gone. Mustiness. The school yard behind the garages hardly allows dim light in, only metaphorically through shouting. Our proposal, to a certain extent, brings back the times when the garages were not…

It is nice to see the number of cycling paths in Bratislava increasing. However, in some locations, they overlap with the sidewalks. The sidewalks are most often merged with the cycling paths at intersections and pedestrian crossings. The traffic lights apply to both pedestrians and cyclists, which can cause dangerous situations at the crossings.

Implementing traffic lights for cyclists could increase the safety…

Environmental remediation takes place slowly, mineral reserves have reached a critical level, scientific and technological development has shown a significant step forward. How to deal with historical, ecological, social challenges? The way would be the protection against negative influences in the form of temporary urban isotopes to avoid creating new residences but to restore and add the original ones accordingly. The combined structures…

The question of color use on residential buildings may be considered a general problem worthy of public discussion. How can the wider public be encouraged to evaluate or re-evaluate their views?

Our proposal suggests a movable intervention, to be set up in public areas within individual neighborhoods of Bratislava. It features a portable object – a cube – 2.5×2.5×2.5m, whose sides would offer…

Vacant lot.

Space – non-space.

An empty, abandoned, ‘cancelled‘, a trench covered with sheet metal fence pasted with billboards and graffiti scrawls, sometimes used as parking or dump. It is a shame, for it could be more. Even more than the house. It could become space for activities that cannot find their place elsewhere. Activities of civil associations, cultural organizations, activists and ordinary…

Our proposal suggests building new parking places under the Apollo bridge on the left bank of the river Danube. At present the space is unused. Since the area is deficient in parking lots (particularly during the work week), we suggest to unite the existing parking area with our proposed new parking area by building a concrete access road and a crossing over the…

Imagine you are a tourist walking from the Main Train Station in Bratislava down to the center of the town. Inevitably, you pass by a courtyard which is located between the number 31 and 33 houses. There are a few cars parked there, impeding any other use of the space. There is a metal gate that is always open, bins standing in front of it, plastic public…

The Most SNP bridge is one of the most prominent attractions of Bratislava. The sightseeing tower, in the form of the UFO restaurant, serves residents as well as city visitors as a quality restaurant and bar, offering an amazing view of the city. One more feature, potentially beneficial to the general public, could be added.

We propose to light the restaurant (the flying-saucer-like…

The distances between some of the peripheral quarters of Bratislava are quite big. In addition, the routes include excessively busy places where the cycling is dangerous, or mountainous terrain where riding is demanding. This makes people opt for other transportation alternatives despite their cycling preferences.

We suggest a solution combining cycling with public transportation. Installing bicycle holders on buses would easily eliminate this…