A boundary of three town districts, a traffic junction, the crossroads of directions and opinions… A place lacking a distinct face, a homogenous urbanistic expression. There are unfinished ideas of architects and self-confident solutions lacking in consequentiality. This is Trnavske myto square.Our proposal preserves the original architectural space, yet opens it up for the general public. It intends to make the space more…

A strategy for the recovery of public spaces

The project suggests a five-step universal strategy necessary for the gradual revitalization of urban spaces in Bratislava that we see often empty and without temperament. It works with core public space and identifying existing barriers in it. The initial project was conceived in the area of the inner city – Ruzinov, which is in close connection…

The objective of the intervention is to create an open map of Bratislava including the different types of data the city collects, such as places of firefighters’ interventions, maps of car-tow areas in case of legal offences, maps of various types of road accident locations. Such open data and maps could be used by anybody to analyze and find out, for instance, the…

One of the important activities provided by the city is the coordination of construction. For these purposes, the city adopts a variety of applications and notifications, delivers its opinions, etc. It also addresses the so-called Zoning Plan.

The city can publish some data out of construction procedures:

– what plots are subject to zoning decision or construction procedures, of

– changes to the…

The sidewalks and streets of Bratislava are fascinating. Every time someone needs to access the gas or water lines, they dig up just a narrow strip in the ground and then fill it up again, pouring a layer of asphalt over it. After hundreds of similar repairs, we get unbelievable collages of countless surfaces and materials. Public areas are neglected, the sidewalks are…

We were inspired by our own experience of different trips. It often happens to each of us that when getting off the bus in a new town, usually, the first thing is that our cell phone goes out of service, GPS is off, then we have to rely on a map. In many cases it can be very confusing. Everything suggests that we…

The Cube is a simple unit system consisting of an iron structure with dimensions of 3x3x3m. The structure can be enlarged in any direction and shaped into a multitude of compositions. Using different panel variants for individual sides, the Cube becomes a multifunctional platform adaptable for various uses, ranging from one-off cultural venues, long-term creative work places, or testing a model of some…

The Institute of Urban Development suggests standardizing the procedure for issuing mandatory investment activities for the capital city of Bratislava. The suggested amendment would be implemented in the form of a decision of the Mayor, which would describe the processes and procedures, define those responsible and determine deadlines for the whole process, as well as some of its parts.

IUD suggests to standardize…

A game that can be played by passersby and passengers waiting for the bus under the SNP bridge every night. Players may play on the alien or human team. The aim of both aliens and mankind is to get the SNP bridge, a key location on Earth, under their control. In the evening and at night a black hole – a kind of…

A simple and technically easily implementable intervention is to run a dedicated City Data Catalogue for people to find information easily.

The data is often (and rightly) linked from the city website. On the other hand, in recent years people could have noticed the data catalogue of the SR (http://data.gov.sk/), as well as similar catalogues of other cities:

- Vienna: https://open.wien.at/site/datenkatalog/

- London:…