The location within the city structure where Eurovea TOWER is located is an important urban point. City of Bratislava has historically been turned away from its phenomen – the river Danube, for the fear of flooding, but today the city is coming back to the river and getting to use all its benefits. Eurovea TOWER is situated at the intersection of 2 major urban axis that connect serious valuable urban spaces and institutions and that terminate on the bank of Danube. Bratislava has for long period been known as a suburb, periphery of the Austrian capital Vienna and it’s hard to compete with such „lovebrand”.The aim was to design the first Slovak skyscraper in this valuable urban area, which will evaluate the importance of the place.Eurovea TOWER become a symbol for Bratislava as an emerging modern city with the ambitions to be recognized as the modern European metropolis. Eurovea TOWER completes the silhouette of the city in all its significant views, has become a landmark of the city’s new downtown, and has launched efforts to complete the new modern city centre of Bratislava.The urban connection of the 3 main streets in the cityscape predetermined the triangular foodprint of the Eurovea skyscaper. Shaping the building was an architectural challenge not only because of awareness being the benchmark for the future high-rise buildings to be built in Slovakia, but above all because of its location directly on the Danube riverbank. In the past, there were only low pavilions of warehouses on waterfront. The only one majestic building on the Danube embankment was the Bratislava castle towering on the cliff. Eurovea TOWER with its height slightly exceeds the niveau of the castle and creates a spatial inverse to it. The soft lines that form the shape og the tower create a contrast to the grandeur of the rough lines of the castle cliff and the strict square geometry of the bratislava castle. Undoubtedly, the Eurovea TOWER has become a new symbol of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, and positively shapes the new skyline of the city, complementing the familiar landmarks of the city. The project started back in 2016 by international architectural competition. The timeline of such big scale project was quite short and it was a sprint from sketch to final detail. The permission process was surprisingly fast, especially considering the scale of the project and delays in the Slovak administration. So even from clients perspective due to the exceptionaly effective timeline, the project is a success story. Sales went very fast and the project is already almost soldout and is accomodating first residents.
