neděle 14. června 2009

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Author: EEA/ Erick van Egeraat associated architects | Erick van Egeraat

Place: Bratislava, Slovakia

Realization: 2005-07

River Park

    Already in the spring of next year will start building company change significantly appearance of city Bratislava. The project, which in two years grown on Bratislava waterfront, will get closer the Slovak city to other modern European metropolis, because of the top architecture. 
The project, which will be built on the riverbank bratislavskom is named the River Park, which schould first express its connection with the river. Slovo Park has again evokes pleasant feelings, which could be a new dominant of Bratislava. Despite the fact that Bratislava used to talk about beauty of the Danube, the visitor can quickly see that Bratislava was never connected with their river, as for example is done in Prague. Therefore the author of the project architect Erick van Egeraat wants to bring life to the river.  
During developing the project investor and the architect haf to respect the requirements of the City on the sensitive incorporation of the project to an existing city silhouette with silhouette of the Small Carpathians behinde, richly structured silhouette of Old Town and the strong dominates of the castle hill. During creating a new investor was predominant by the project to avoid any imminent conflict with the dominant high-rise Bratislava Castle what he solved with extruding one of the objects above the level of the Danube. By the creation of the original significant element investor complianced plan without prejudice to the heavy-handed interference to the expression City. The way Egeraat solved the layout of individual buildings and projects is valuable in that to keep transparent view from walking towards the green Bôrik no mass or service "wall", but the area stays open to "air". 
Its function is responsible slogan RIVER PARK TOWN IN TOWN. It will include five-star hotel, which is missing in the City now. There will be more than 43 000 hectares for 340 apartments, over 28 000 hectares are earmarked for top-quality office space. There will not miss cafe, restaurant, shops, supermarket, fitnesscentrum, bank and other services for residents but also visitors of the park, creating use as river promenade for a walk. River Park in conjunction with neighboring Park of Culture and the rest would have become the extension of an existing center of the capital. 
"The River Park should be life for 24 hours. To people here are working, relaxing, fun to be lived," explained Peter Korbačka. Erick van Egeraat, the founder of the studio Erick van Egeraat associated architects is considered one of the top contemporary European architects. He is known because of decline the cold, severity and roughness, which is usually accompanied by architects highly valued pure lines. Egeraats main value is that it is primarily designed objects they feel comfortable for people, which they are designed for.

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