Is it the right time for the theme of the PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE FOR SLOVAKIA just now: Why?
_Slovakia has a new Chief of State, to whom inhabitants of Slovakia as well as of other countries turn their sight with confidence and admiration,
_the theme of presidential residence has been topical and mediatised for several years,
_each president is also a resident and has the right to living which is unique from the architecture point of view, modern, ceremonial, safe, convenient, aesthetic, and spacious, interconnected with all other public offices it has to contain.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
_Objective
To assist the new Slovak Ms President and the Office of the President of the SR in searching for an answer to the question how the presidential residence should look like, which her predecessors were not able to solve. To come to think in general of the question: “Is the presidential villa on the castle hill near Slavín in its current location a stately, prestigious and safe place for the Chief of State?”
_Competition Task
Competition designs shall examine possibilities that the land offers for the Chief of State ́s living and present potential solutions to the functioning and layout of the presidential residence. Since the competition is just theoretical, flexibility and combination possibilities of the layout as well as situation of the building or a set of buildings on the land at maintaining security and operational requirements of the ToR rest fully on each competition participant ́s invention. The design shall include checking on possible access to the land that the location offers, the way of development of the land, situation of the building or a set of buildings on the land, logical division thereof into the public and ceremonial part and private part, garden and landscape architecture, correct exposure towards cardinal points, and the design of quality presidential residence in the highest standard in compliance with the latest trends, security, barrier-free design principles and energy efficiency during the construction process as well as operation of the whole set of buildings.
25th INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020
The Student competition is held under the auspices of the President of the SR Zuzana Čaputová
COMPETITION ORGANIZER
_Slovak Republik: Xella Slovensko, spol. s r.o.,Zápotočná 1004, 908 41 Šaštín-Stráže
_Czech Republic : Xella CZ, s. r.o., registered address: Hrušovany, Vodní 550, 664 62 Hrušovany u Brna
COMPETITION SECRETARIAT
Slovak Republic :
Mgr. Silvia Frimmelová, Xella Slovensko, spol. s r.o.,, Obchodno-poradenská kancelária, Bajkalská 25, 827 18 Bratislava
Phone: +421 2 581 030 58, e-mail: silvia.frimmelova@xella.com
Czech Republic :
PaedDr. Hana Šimánová, Xella CZ, s. r.o., U Keramičky 449, 334 42 Chlumčany Phone : +420 377 973 127, e-mail: hana.simanova@xella.com
