Lead Dušan: Aleš Reiský

Aleš Reiský (*30.6.1983)
studio: Ing. arch. Ján Stempel, Ing. arch. Ondřej Beneš

---

Jury evaluation: The basic idea of volumetric typology was successfully translated into various functions. A trivial form mixed with Lhoták's poeticity. A blend of lapidarity and the empiricism of geometry. A comprehensive coherence. A maintained structural concept in a random shape. Clarity - legibility - poeticity.

---

The design of the airport building is based on a simple arrangement of functional units next to each other according to spatial requirements. The zigzagging geometry is inspired by typical airport structures, indicating the direction of the wind. The resulting edges emphasize the diversity of functions within the object, while also referencing the colored stripes of the wind sock.
The building is situated along the southern edge of the runway. The undulating floor plan adapts to the spatial requirements for aircraft handling in front of the hangars, while simultaneously pushing the air traffic control spaces towards the runway. This creates subspaces in the wide plain of the Tatra foothills.
The building is maximally opened towards the airport runway in terms of layout. The façade is made of natural wooden cladding. The closed-off part of the building is expressed by a cladding of titanium zinc sheet.
Structurally, the object is designed as a combination of a two-story wooden skeleton and a wooden hall structure with pre-tensioned trusses.