(Ne)plánovaná Bratislava - výstava v Pálffyho paláci
There are many places in the world that have continuously evolved over time, and their natural beauty is admired by all. On the other hand, there are cities whose appearance is the result of careful planning, and we admire their architects and urban planners. However, the current state of most cities has been shaped by organic development as well as more or less successful planning. An exemplary example of such a city is Bratislava. Its present form has been decisively shaped by attempts at modern urbanism for managed development. The authorship team consisting of Henrieta Moravčíková, Peter Szalay, Katarína Haberlandová, Laura Krišteková, and Monika Bočková analyzes the contexts that influenced the planning of the capital city and the consequences of its fragmented realization.
Bratislava is a city of contrasts. Within a few hundred meters, organically formed historical districts meet fragments of modern architectural and urban plans, as well as urban wildernesses where seemingly nothing exists. This is why it may initially appear fragmented and unplanned. However, its current form is the result of the work of dozens of planners who have been organizing the city spatially for over 120 years.
The intention of the curatorial team is to use the exhibition “to bring closer the processes of planning and construction of Bratislava through several mutually cooperating tools. The first is a timeline that places these processes in the context of historically significant events for the city. Another tool presents a showcase of key spatial planning documents, ranging from the first regulatory plan from 1904 to the spatial plans from the 1960s that decisively influenced the present form of Bratislava. The third tool is a graphic analysis of selected characteristic urban situations. Planned and real transformations of typical urban radials, the castle hill with its lower town, the ring, and the factory district illustrate the complexity and openness of the urban planning process, and simultaneously show how experts' views on city planning have changed over the past century.”
The exhibition is based on the results of research published by the curatorial collective in the book Bratislava (un)planned city, which was released in 2020. According to the authorial collective, “the goal of the research was not only to summarize knowledge about the planning of Bratislava, but also to strengthen the position of public interest and the ability to compete in decision-making about the future form of the city against investors and market actors”. The book is present in the exhibition through illustrative materials and copies of selected pages, which are available to visitors in the form of texts to take away. Links to selected pages of the book also serve as texts for the exhibited materials.
Jakub Kopec presents the architectural solution of the exhibition: “Through oversized sheets of paper and the tubes in which these sheets were originally stored, it brings to life the atmosphere of project institutes where city plans were created. This impression is also enhanced by the motive of the rectangular grid expressing the scale of representation of individual illustrations, as well as the rationality of planning.”
A guided tour of the exhibition with Henrieta Moravčíková will take place at 18:40 as part of the opening. You can see the story of the construction of Bratislava at the exhibition (Un)planned Bratislava at the Pálffy Palace until September 15, 2024.
Curatorial Collective: Henrieta Moravčíková, Laura Krišteková, Katarína Haberlandová, Monika Bočková, Peter Szalay
Exhibition Architect: Jakub Kopec
Graphic Design: David Kalata
Translation: Beata Bradford, Martin Tharp
Language Editing: Beata Bradford, Miroslava Kuracinová Valová
Production: Petra Balíková
Installation: Jaroslav Beníček, Jozef Chovančák, Ivan Maťuš, Juraj Mráz
Promotion: Aurélia Garová, Alexandra Grúňová, Anna Jablonowska-Holy, Zuzana Novotná, Slávka Zodlová
Educational Programs and Accompanying Events: Dagmar Beníčková, Vendy Kováčová, Vladislav Malast
Illustrations: Archive of the City of Bratislava, Archive of the Institute of Art History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archive of Peter Vodrážka, Archive of the Press Agency of the Slovak Republic, Studio B.K.P.Š., Digital Archive Europeana, Digital Archive Fortepan, Gallery of the City of Bratislava, Museum of the City of Bratislava, National Technical Museum in Prague, Monuments Office of the Slovak Republic, Slovak National Gallery, Slovak National Archive
Film Screening: Slovak Film Institute
Project supported by public sources from the Fund for the Support of Arts
Bratislava is a city of contrasts. Within a few hundred meters, organically formed historical districts meet fragments of modern architectural and urban plans, as well as urban wildernesses where seemingly nothing exists. This is why it may initially appear fragmented and unplanned. However, its current form is the result of the work of dozens of planners who have been organizing the city spatially for over 120 years.
The intention of the curatorial team is to use the exhibition “to bring closer the processes of planning and construction of Bratislava through several mutually cooperating tools. The first is a timeline that places these processes in the context of historically significant events for the city. Another tool presents a showcase of key spatial planning documents, ranging from the first regulatory plan from 1904 to the spatial plans from the 1960s that decisively influenced the present form of Bratislava. The third tool is a graphic analysis of selected characteristic urban situations. Planned and real transformations of typical urban radials, the castle hill with its lower town, the ring, and the factory district illustrate the complexity and openness of the urban planning process, and simultaneously show how experts' views on city planning have changed over the past century.”
The exhibition is based on the results of research published by the curatorial collective in the book Bratislava (un)planned city, which was released in 2020. According to the authorial collective, “the goal of the research was not only to summarize knowledge about the planning of Bratislava, but also to strengthen the position of public interest and the ability to compete in decision-making about the future form of the city against investors and market actors”. The book is present in the exhibition through illustrative materials and copies of selected pages, which are available to visitors in the form of texts to take away. Links to selected pages of the book also serve as texts for the exhibited materials.
Jakub Kopec presents the architectural solution of the exhibition: “Through oversized sheets of paper and the tubes in which these sheets were originally stored, it brings to life the atmosphere of project institutes where city plans were created. This impression is also enhanced by the motive of the rectangular grid expressing the scale of representation of individual illustrations, as well as the rationality of planning.”
A guided tour of the exhibition with Henrieta Moravčíková will take place at 18:40 as part of the opening. You can see the story of the construction of Bratislava at the exhibition (Un)planned Bratislava at the Pálffy Palace until September 15, 2024.
Curatorial Collective: Henrieta Moravčíková, Laura Krišteková, Katarína Haberlandová, Monika Bočková, Peter Szalay
Exhibition Architect: Jakub Kopec
Graphic Design: David Kalata
Translation: Beata Bradford, Martin Tharp
Language Editing: Beata Bradford, Miroslava Kuracinová Valová
Production: Petra Balíková
Installation: Jaroslav Beníček, Jozef Chovančák, Ivan Maťuš, Juraj Mráz
Promotion: Aurélia Garová, Alexandra Grúňová, Anna Jablonowska-Holy, Zuzana Novotná, Slávka Zodlová
Educational Programs and Accompanying Events: Dagmar Beníčková, Vendy Kováčová, Vladislav Malast
Illustrations: Archive of the City of Bratislava, Archive of the Institute of Art History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archive of Peter Vodrážka, Archive of the Press Agency of the Slovak Republic, Studio B.K.P.Š., Digital Archive Europeana, Digital Archive Fortepan, Gallery of the City of Bratislava, Museum of the City of Bratislava, National Technical Museum in Prague, Monuments Office of the Slovak Republic, Slovak National Gallery, Slovak National Archive
Film Screening: Slovak Film Institute
Project supported by public sources from the Fund for the Support of Arts
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