ESET Campus

PATRONKA SITE — The existing site hosts a variety of blocks that used to be facilities for a military hospital. An existing perimeter wall that comes from the military tradition of security blocks the site from the road and surrounding context.

TOPOGRAPHY — The new neighborhood replicates the spatial hierarchy of nature - the low and broad perimeter of the shared public spaces is easily accessible to all, allowing public life to flourish within the network of streets. The higher peak of the architectural ‘mountain,’ reminiscent of the Carpathian Mountains nearby, houses the ESET business.

ESET HQ — By placing the ESET headquarters in close proximity to the Southern corner of the site, a large office block takes advantage of the flat portion of the terrain and keeps an unobtrusive distance from the context buildings.

UPPER LEVELS CONNECTIONS — Each building caters to the individual needs of the respective departments while maintaining ease of interconnectivity between teams. The four main ESET buildings are separate as volumes, but remain connected on the upper levels via bridges and terraces.

EMBEDDED LANDSCAPE — Embedded into the existing natural landscape, the park is filled with public areas for recreation, interaction, and relaxation while boosting local biodiversity and creating pockets suitable for outdoor working.

PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF — PV roofing will contribute to the Campus’ carbon negative goal. The curvature of the roof is optimized for PV efficiencies to power the campus year-round.

PERIMETER OF PUBLIC AMENITIES — A perimeter of public amenities are added around the central HQ as a means to connect to public life on the street. It will feed, support, and activate the street level.

PERIMETER BLOCKS — By splitting the public perimeter into individual buildings, the public distribution is spread throughout the site. Each building is placed to be specific to a certain part of the urban fabric; street, pavement, forest, park, and contextual buildings.

CENTRAL CLUSTER FOR ESET — The HQ cluster is also split to create a central courtyard. This provides the flexibility to choose and allocate where each department or workplace can be placed - defying the notion that a HQ needs to be a singular building.

PERMEABLE VILLAGE — Through this arrangement, the individual building configurations offer a permeable ground floor, providing public access to the Campus public spaces and amenities.