Built in 1969, the neglected modernist landmark is set for a sensitive renovation.
The massive public-service radio building in Bratislava is shaped like an inverted pyramid, but its smaller counterpart is in Košice. The city district of Košice–Západ operates its services there as well as in the neighbouring building.
Both buildings are owned by the city, but managed by the district. They were designed in 1967. It was 1969 — the year of the legendary Woodstock festival — when construction began on a unique administrative complex on Terasa. To this day, it continues to serve the public in almost its original condition.
Local councillors, couples getting married, and citizens applying for official documents will no longer have to freeze or sweat in buildings that are almost 60 years old and still in their original state. Their renovation is being planned.
The planned reconstruction aims to achieve operational cost savings and improve the building’s thermal and technical performance. Some technical equipment must be replaced with modern systems, and the façade needs to be restored.
