The project site is in a center yard of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, is (surrounded by many government agencies and important institutions) in the old town of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
This design concept is creating a center yard to connect the surrounding parks, green spaces and the environment. The buildings are raised one-floor height and the underground floors are designed with a center courtyard to reduce the volume on the ground and return it to students and teachers. It also considered for using uses natural lighting and ventilation to achieve energy-saving features. The inner spaces are mainly based under the ground but with a large center courtyard. It extends the open space but also keep the semi-private areas for each use of space.
In this project the parking spaces are moved to the underground and the parking circulation is improved. And combined with the surrounding environment and different colleges. Hold professional and academic activities in the campus center yard, turning it into an important public communication space in the city.
Basement space:
The large inner space is placed under the ground, and the space on the ground is returned to students and teachers. It is designed to create different sizes of courtyard garden spaces to allow sunlight, rain,greenery to penetrate into the ground. and match with a circular skylight to illuminate the parking spaces with natural elements such as invisible light and tangible greenery, rainwater, etc. , Connecting the entire space.
Ground floor:
The greenery is designed to extend from the newly created center yard to the ground floor of the buildings with grass mounds and trees, providing many spaces for resting and chatting. The square is becoming an important activity space on the campus.
Landscape:
Analyze the areas frequently visited and the paths of 3 groups of people: Tourist (stroll-track), students(slow-track), business man (fast-track).
Using grass mounds and trees to create three static activity areas where students and teachers can communicate, chat, and rest. In the middle is an area for large-scale school activities.
Building:
Buildings A, B, and C are formed with a center opening and equipped with different functions, including administrative offices, principals’ rooms, multi-functional spaces, workshops, roof farms, etc. Every building has an atrium space for trees, flowers and plants to grow. When people are on different floors, the scenery will change differently.
