Jurkovič Heating Plant

Bottova 1, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovakia

Jurkovič Heating Plant is one of the last surviving witnesses of the former Apollo refinery. This former industrial area is becoming part of Bratislava's new center, and the renovated Jurkovič Heating Plant serves as its cultural accent amidst the modern architecture of the surrounding Sky Park by Zaha Hadid buildings.

The architectural design utilizes the free interior space to insert new independent structures, creating new surfaces and floors that are thoughtfully offset from the original building. This concept clearly separates historical structures from the new ones, respecting the past while distinguishing between original and contemporary elements.

The renovated Jurkovič Heating Plant provides unique coworking spaces while remaining accessible to the general public throughout the entire ground floor, including the lively square. (...)

Upon entering, visitors experience an exceptionally attractive atrium extending through all floors, offering views of the new glass facade, the internal "square" featuring a lobby café and WERK restaurant, DOT GALLERY of contemporary art, and a separate multifunctional hall for various cultural and social events.

The design emphasizes numerous historic structural details, original segmented columns, and notably the dominant trio of hoppers, for which the reconstruction created a distinctive and magnificent representative space that retains their original "rawness" and color schemes.

 Jurkovič Heating Plant

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