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greenery and together with the campus of the University of
Economics and Business in Vienna form an important space in
the city.
The main and an unmissably dominant feature of the WU
campus is the large building of the Library and Education Center
(LC), which was created according to the project of the British-
Iraqi designer – Zaha Hadid (1950 – 2016). As is often the case,
it is a rather eccentric architecture in the style of the so-called
new futurism of concrete and glass. The buildings include
offices, lecture halls, a library, a dining room, a fitness center,
cafés and restaurants. Accommodation capacities for students
are, however, absent. Which is also the worst rated attribute.
4.5 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Location: Trieda Andreja Hlinku 609/2, Nitra
Location within the city: wider center
Area: 44 ha
Established in 1966
Score: 50%
Tab. 5: Evaluation sheet with all attributes and their point
evaluation, where 5 points is the best and 1 the worst.
Evaluation:
Source: Čibik and Štěpánková
(2020).
The campus of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
(SUA) is situated on a flat terrain approximately 250 m from the
left bank of the river Nitra. To the northwest of the complex,
there is a bridge over the river Nitra, which connects the east-
west axis of the city formed by Štúrová Street and Andrej Hlinka
Avenue. The area of the campus is delimited from the north by
Andrej Hlinka Avenue, which bends to the northeast from the
bridge and is bordered on the west by Nábrežie mládeže and by
Akademická Street from the east. The Agrokomplex exhibition
center border the SUA campus from the south and partly from
the east side (Szalay et al., 2013). The SUA campus forms a
significant building unit in the urban composition of the city.
The best rated category was category D – aesthetics of the
environment. The worst rated was category B - dynamic and
static movement. The SUA campus is adjacent to several
buildings and complexes of urban as well as suburban
significance. The historic residential part of the city center and
the university dormitory building –
the Mladosť student
dormitory, which was built before the construction of the
original University of Agriculture (VŠP) (south of Štúrova
Street) sprawl behind river Nitra. On the northeast side, the
campus is located near the Agrokomplex exhibition center and
on the west side it is adjacent to the building of the Constantine
the Philosopher University – it was constructed as the Faculty of
Education shortly after the VŠP campus and the Chrenová Street
residential area (Szalay et al., 2013).
Figure 3: Structure of the university campus of the Slovak
University of Agriculture in Nitra.
Source: Čibik and Štěpánková
(2020).
Szalay et al. (2013) in the Proposal for the Declaration of Real
Estate as a National Cultural Monument (NKP) state that the
campus shape completes the silhouette of the city, either from
the views of the city's landmark Nitra Castle or from the eastern
parts of the city. The high-rise building of the Rector's Office –
pavilion E together with the auditorium curve located on the
main east-west axis of the city compositionally follows the high-
rise building of the Mlados
ť student dormitory on the right bank
of the river as well as the sillhouettes of two dominant historical
city landmarks, Piarist Church and Nitra Castle. The original
campus of the university stands in the open space surrounded by
park greenery, the individual buildings of the complex are
loosely located on the plot. The main set of university pavilions
is composed perpendicular to the city axis and ends the view
away from the city. The other pavilions are located to the east
and south of the main block. The northeastern part of the area
consists of a botanical garden with a body of water.
After averaging the results, we came to the conclusion that the
area does have some negatives, but it also has a huge potential
that we can expand on in the future. In the table, which was
created by averaging all attributes and their points, we can see
that the area has high quality greenery, water features, but also
the overall visual identity of the environment. On the other side,
the campus lacks communicativeness, better outdoor movables
or sidewalks. There are also no restaurants, cafés or other
attributes that affect the socio-economic dimension. The campus
of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra does not
represent the current requirements of visitors who spend time
here, but also the people who just pass through it, despite it
being a significant spatial and functional dominant of Nitra. Due
to the fact that this space is used not only by students, but also
by the inhabitants of the city, it is necessary to comprehensively
address it in relation to current trends in landscape and general
architecture. However, all minor or major interventions need to
be addressed with regard to the architectural style created by the
author of the original project. The result should be a
multifunctional urban component, but also a public space that
meets all the requirements of a high quality and functional area.
There are many positives we can expand on in the future.
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