Juzna Dolina

Južna Dolina (West Valley) is a 120.000 m2 residential development in west Južné Mesto in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is located at the southern edge of Petržalka next to open farmland and the beautiful Donau river.

The scheme propose a new type of architecture based on landscape qualities and a unique spatial setting resembling highland valleys and local forests vegetation. The project blends courtyard buildings, high-rise structures, row houses and apartment blocks into one new and unique development. The built profile oscillates to create the contour of a mountain ridge with six peaks offering spectacular views. A stepped roofscape offers generous private terraces and slopes down to meet the central park that resembles the natural setting of an alpine valley.

The central valley offers a shared park and garden with recreational landscape features such as a lake, trees, grasslands with integrated sports facilities and play areas. Essentially a large courtyard park surrounded by a variety of housing typologies with a clear identity and living environment based on life quality and everyday experiences and encounters with fellow neighbors in the central shared parkscape that support and enhance the qualities of the new district.