Retail park Ružomberok
Reconstruction of the devastated shopping center building /originally Hypernova/ into a retail park at a very painful spot in the city's organism with the remains of the original St. Sophia Castle.
Our intention with the reconstruction of the shopping center was primarily to rehabilitate the waterfront promenade along the Revúca River and to re-establish the connection of the shopping center with the historical core of the town of Ružomberok on the left bank of the Revúca.
The concept of the reconstruction is therefore based on the following interventions:
1/ cleaning the original shopping center building from pseudo-historic imitations and extensions that devalued and trivialized the historic context of the original St. Sophia Castle.
2/ opening the front facade with full-area glazing towards the city and complementing it with a covered pedestrian colonnade of a high order.
3/ new cladding of the building with noble and durable materials that would better communicate with the remaining part of the original building fund of St. Sophia Castle.
4/ reconstruction and rehabilitation of the forecourt and surroundings of the building /modification of pedestrian areas, traffic areas, addition of urban furniture, addition of greenery/
The reconstruction involves the demolition and dismantling of the front protruding two-story part (entrance portal with elevators to the original now non-functional parking on the roof of the building), as well as the demolition of corner and rooftop imitations of historic towers and roofs. The load-bearing reinforced concrete skeleton and roof have been preserved. New layers of the external envelope with metal cladding and roofing have been added to meet current technical, fire, and thermal-technical requirements.
A new glazed facade with a covered colonnade has been added to the front part as an entrance accent of the building. The roofing has been extended along the entire length of the facade on the northern side.
Our intention with the reconstruction of the shopping center was primarily to rehabilitate the waterfront promenade along the Revúca River and to re-establish the connection of the shopping center with the historical core of the town of Ružomberok on the left bank of the Revúca.
The concept of the reconstruction is therefore based on the following interventions:
1/ cleaning the original shopping center building from pseudo-historic imitations and extensions that devalued and trivialized the historic context of the original St. Sophia Castle.
2/ opening the front facade with full-area glazing towards the city and complementing it with a covered pedestrian colonnade of a high order.
3/ new cladding of the building with noble and durable materials that would better communicate with the remaining part of the original building fund of St. Sophia Castle.
4/ reconstruction and rehabilitation of the forecourt and surroundings of the building /modification of pedestrian areas, traffic areas, addition of urban furniture, addition of greenery/
The reconstruction involves the demolition and dismantling of the front protruding two-story part (entrance portal with elevators to the original now non-functional parking on the roof of the building), as well as the demolition of corner and rooftop imitations of historic towers and roofs. The load-bearing reinforced concrete skeleton and roof have been preserved. New layers of the external envelope with metal cladding and roofing have been added to meet current technical, fire, and thermal-technical requirements.
A new glazed facade with a covered colonnade has been added to the front part as an entrance accent of the building. The roofing has been extended along the entire length of the facade on the northern side.
MARTIN VOJTA architects
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