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Dutch architectural firm KCAP has won a design competition for two residential towers in Bratislava, Slovakia. The taller tower will reach 260 meters, becoming the EU's second-tallest building. Located on an 8,200-sq-m site, the project will create 1,100 homes across 115,000 sq m. The innovative bundle of sticks design features interconnected volumes with communal terraces and optimized views. Sustainability is paramount, with heat pumps, solar panels, and energy-efficient systems. Glass pavilions at the base will link the towers, creating a social space. The design transforms a former industrial district into a modern, green urban environment, promising exemplary sustainable high-rise living.
Dutch architectural firm KCAP has triumphed in an international design competition for two residential towers in Bratislava, Slovakia. The project is set to transform a former industrial district near the Danube River into a contemporary urban environment. The more prominent tower will rise to 260 meters, making it the second-tallest structure in the European Union, just behind Warsaw's 310-meter Varso Tower. Advertisement
Its companion tower will stand 180 meters high. Both will be situated on an 8,200-square-meter site on Pribinova Avenue, developed by local company JTRE, with ambitious plans to create 1,100 homes across 115,000 square meters. The design's innovation known as bundle of sticks concept features distinct rectangular volumes interconnected at varying heights. This approach offers multiple benefits: each tower will have communal terraces, increased corner apartments, and enhanced view corridors. Strategically angled slightly off the street grid, the towers are engineered to maximize natural sunlight and minimize wind resistance Sustainability is a key focus of the project.
The towers will incorporate heat pumps, solar panels, a decentralized ventilation system with heat recovery, and a demountable facade system. KCAP's design emphasizes innovative floorplans with unique structural cores extending in pinwheel formations, creating efficient living spaces. At ground level, glass pavilions with integrated vegetation and cafes will connect the two towers, creating a vibrant social space. The competition jury praised the design as an exemplary model for sustainable high-rise living that promises to soften environmental impacts.
KCAP, founded in Rotterdam in 1989 by Kees Christiaanse, has grown to become an international firm with offices in Zurich, Paris, and Shanghai. Led by seven partners and employing over 100 staff, the firm primarily works on projects in Europe and Asia. The development represents a significant urban regeneration effort, transforming a previously industrial area into what JTRE describes as a vibrant live-work-play quarter c characterized by modern architecture and green public spaces.
KCAP's winning design for two residential towers in Bratislava marks a significant step in urban regeneration, transforming an industrial area into a vibrant living space. With a focus on sustainability and innovative architecture, the project features interconnected towers that maximize sunlight and community spaces, setting a new standard for eco-friendly high-rise living in Europe.
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