Register of modern architecture in Slovakia

Modernism Revisited 2026: International Conference on Architecture and Cultural Heritage Architektúra povojnového modernizmu na Slovensku: identifikácia, hodnotenie a ochrana Reissue of the publication Bratislava – Atlas of Mass Housing

Ruzinov Health Centre

original function
Zdravotníctvo
current function
healthcare
address
Ružinovská 10, Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj
architects
Ščepán Albert
office
Zdravoprojekt Bratislava
investor
Národný výbor hlavného mesta SSR Bratislavy
contractor
Pozemné stavby, n. p., Bratislava
implementation
1966 – 1972
project
1965 – 1967
status
existing

The polyclinic building is situated close to the arterial road of the Ružinov housing estate, Ružinovská street in the Trávniky part. It is part of the planned central axis of the housing estate with a set of public buildings and spaces for recreation. The building has three wings with three-aisled layout composed in the shape of the letter Y. At the junction of the wings the foyer with a subtle staircase is located. The smooth concave bow of the facades with horizontal lines of ribbon windows, as well as the appropriate scale respond to the morphology of the area with the dominant element of the lake. The Ružinov polyclinic belongs to an array of exceptional architectural works from the period of the 1960s in Slovakia, which harmoniously followed the elegance of curved lines and the lightness of poetic functionalism.

Bibliography:

SCHUSTER, J.: Poliklinika Ružinov. Projekt 14, 1972, 8, s. 17 – 19.
KRIVOŠOVÁ, Janka – LUKÁČOVÁ, Elena: Premeny súčasnej architektúry Slovenska. Bratislava, Alfa 1990. 200 s., tu s. 133.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 s., tu s. 429.