Modulárna parazitujúca architektúra

Project idea

The task of the thesis was to design a progressive residential hybrid, which will parasitise the Lanfranconi Bridge in Bratislava. The residential building combining the function of student and transitional housing is intended to provide an interesting alternative to placing similar types of functions in unused places under the structures of urban infrastructure. In addition to the application of parasitic architecture, it was necessary to rethink the building to meet the requirements for modularity. Modularity was intended to bring essential aspects of flexibility or phasing, in addition to ease of implementation, to help convert the designed object to new requirements in the future.

Project description

The study attempts to combine all these essential aspects into a comprehensive design that will reflect as much as possible the current and future needs of the time. The proposal also works with the revitalisation and enrichment of the public space in the surrounding area. It seeks to link and respond to all the key attributes of the neighbourhood.

Technical information

A separate chapter is the design solution, which is quite unconventional and innovative. It is a combination of steel-concrete monolithic structures and prefabricated steel structures. The skeleton of the supporting system is steel-concrete vertical communication and stiffening cores and a set of steel suspended cantilever trusses. Prior to actual implementation, the existing bridge structure needs to be reconstructed and strengthened using carbon fibre. This method was evaluated as the most effective after consultation with the structural engineer. The top deck is directly suspended from the bridge structure via anchor points via a beam.

Documentation

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