Someone once said the city traffic is like the circulatory system. The roads are veins. The cars are the blood, or the individual blood cells.We consider the metaphor imperfect. We imagine the streets as veins, while the blood cells are people moving using different means of transport, but mainly on foot.

Let us apply our metaphor to Pribinova street, an important connection between…

Nowadays more and more we tried to streamline the nature. In parking places near supermarkets parks and so on. So this natural objects become more and more plastic. And you look on them not more like at nature, but only as on new lamp or metal construction, everything is becoming more and more geometric shape. I was inspired by this urbanistic view of nature….

Let´s compare PARK & RIDE car parks connected to public transport in European cities: Vienna 8 400, Prague 5 600, Berlin 27 200, Bratislava 0. Something’s wrong. The concept of linking PARK & RIDE car parks to public transport helps to relieve the city of heavy traffic; it is therefore appropriate to think about how the capital city of Bratislava could benefit from…

The park at the Bratislava Castle became much discussed topic in 2014 and 2015, since the archaeological site (with Roman excavations )at the castle is projected to get under the ground level due to the planned underground car park with 222 parking lots. Following the original design, there was supposed to be a Baroque park built above the underground car park. However, the…

The world today provides examples of overhead pedestrian routes in built-up areas of the city, the latest tunnel for pedestrians and cyclists in London. Bratislava does not have millions of Euros to spare, but we can afford at least the idea of cross cycle trail. –the motion of bike and walking trails in the direction South (Danube) – North (marketplace on the the…

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…

The Danube pier is a concept for the development of the Stary Most bridge, currently being re-built, which would be supplied with benches in place of former pillars. This would create a large-capacity space over the bridge structure, providing spectacular views in all directions. Such unique views should be offered to the general public of Bratislava, and provide space to meet and space…

Our city does not have a concept or idea of ​​urban surfaces and the maintenance and inventive designers, investors, and even city officials abound from behind every curb. The result is a diverse range of sidewalks where granite curb meets basalt blocks and catalog products such as Haka, Antico, Klasico to popular Universal. Everything is carefully filled with concrete or high quality asphalt….

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…

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…