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Apartment blocks for postal employees

current function
housing
address
Pluhová 73, 77, Janoškova 2, 6, Bratislava
architects
Kramár Eugen, Lukačovič Štefan
developer
Ľudovít Olárek
builder
Československá pošta
project
1946
implementation
1946 – 1949
status
existing

Close to the ‘People’s District’ (Ľudová štvrt’) in the city district Bratislava – Nové Mesto, shortly after the end of World War II the Czechoslovak Postal Service constructed a technical and administrative office block, along with storage areas and employee flats. The latter part is a complex of low two-storey blocks in two forms – two rectangular buildings with two staircases and two smaller ones with only one staircase. Inside, the buildings offer 4 studios, flats of two or three rooms, and two 5-room ‘managerial’ flats (at a later date split up into separate smaller apartments). The blocks are situated along the edge of a single area of land, creating a semi-public space between them. Structurally, they are formed by a poured-concrete skeleton and brick infill. The layout of the flats is highly efficient and rational, with each flat assigned its own balcony and storage areas (wardrobe and chamber); the build quality was also exceptional, with several windows still retaining their original wooden sun-shades. In total, the complex creates a highly pleasant domestic environment.

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