News

Kateřina Košutová received the award for the design of the P/Residential Residence in the Xella competition

The assignment for the 25th anniversary year of the Xella student competition was the presidential villa. The president is also a resident, and a villa designed for a head of state must not only have an adequate representative function, but also provide shelter, privacy and security. The award-winning entries will provide ideas and inspiration for the potential realisation of the restoration of the presidential villa in Bratislava's Slavín district. The design by student Kateřina Košutová from Zdeněk Rothbauer's studio received a special award from the jury.
Katarína Košutová obdržela v soutěži Xella speciální odměnu poroty.

The jury consisting of Juraj Benetin (chairman), Jakub Cigler, Juraj Hantabal, Ľubomír Králík, Peter Moravčík, Imrich Pleidel, Peter Richtárik, Miroslav Stach and Lucie Štasselová selected three winners from the 56 entries and also awarded three special prizes to projects that impressed the jury with their original ideas.

The residence for the highest ranking representative of the Slovak Republic in terms of protocol should be his home and a place where he will feel comfortable and safe for the duration of the President's term of office. At the same time, it must meet the protocol and representative attributes for formal and informal meetings. It should respect the genius loci of the locality and meet the requirements of its efficiency, functionality and aesthetics.

Winning designs:

1st price: David Husár, Faculty of Civil Engineering STU in Bratislava, supervisor: Ing. arch. Pavol Paňák

2nd price: Bc. Robert Provazník, Faculty of Civil Engineering STU in Bratislava, supervisor: Ing. arch. Zuzana Nádaská, PhD.

3rd price: Samuel Cigler and Matěj Hoffmann, UMPRUM, Prague

Special awards:

1st award: Bc. Petra Jablonická, Bc. Jana Kubicová, Bc. Matouš Hudec, Faculty of Architecture and Design, STU Bratislava, supervisor: Ing. arch. Martin Kusý

2nd award: Kateřina Košutová, Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague, supervisor: doc. Ing. arch. Zdeněk Rothbauer

3rd award: Bc. Tomáš Perďoch, Faculty of Architecture and Design, STU Bratislava, supervisor: Ing. arch. Pavol Paňák

About the competition

The next edition of the competition is currently underway, with the aim of promoting the independent creative work of university students through a competitive confrontation of architectural ideas. It offers an opportunity for reflection, creative practice, as well as feedback from leading respected professionals. At the same time, it is one of the opportunities to start a successful career. Students of architecture and civil engineering from the Czech Republic and Slovakia can apply individually or in teams to the current edition of the urban planning and landscape architecture competition entitled "Intervention – how to further Kopčany?", which aims to promote regional and cross-border tourism in the form of interventions in the urban and natural environment on the territory that breathes the history of Great Moravia and the times of Maria Theresa in the cross-border site of the Archaeopark Mikulčice – Kopčany. More information here.

For the content of this site is responsible: Ing. arch. Kateřina Rottová, Ph.D.