Mlynica Bratislava, Slovakian Industrial Building Development, Architecture Images
The Mill in Bratislava
Reconstructed industrial building in Slovakia ? design by GutGut Architects
19 March 2018
The Mill in Bratislava
Design: GutGut, Architects
Location: Turbínová, Bratislava, Slovakia
The Mill (Mlynica) is a reconstructed industrial building by Slovak studio GutGut.
Photos: Jakub Skokan and Martin T?ma / BoysPlayNice
The Mill in Bratislava
The building of Mlynica is part of a large post-industrial area of Light Building Materials in Bratislava. Since 1960s, porous prefabricated concrete blocks, slabs and panels have been produced here. Production took place until 1992. After privatization, the new owners sold off the complex and a gradual disintegration of the structures began.
The architectural design builds on the structural logic of the original building. The reinforced concrete frame filled with porous concrete masonry façade is retained and new programme is inserted into the existing container.

The façade is opened up purposefully in places where it aligns with the new layout, without compromise and with respect to the load-bearing capacity of the existing perimeter structures.

The new openings have a free and readable composition as opposed to the original rational mesh of window openings typical of an industrial building.

The object of Mlynica is vertically divided into three functional blocks. The design of the individual parts of the new programme ? e...