Housing complex Unitas

Housing complex Unitas
Bytový komplex Unitas
General information
Architectural style	modernism
Address	Šancová 3573/29
Town or city	Bratislava
Coordinates	48.158°N 17.123°E / 48.158; 17.123
Construction started	1931

Housing complex Unitas are open gallery–type apartment complex designed by architects Fridrich Weinwurm and Ignác Vécsei. Built in the beginning of the thirties by the city of Bratislava for the underprivileged. It comprises seven objects in a row estate, with austere architectural forms, so characteristic of Weinwurm's puristic work.^[1] Initially, it was planned as collective housing project, but the idea of collective kitchen and other shared space was abandoned.^[2]

Each dwelling is accessible from a balcony oriented to the north - at end of each are the two-room dwellings (50 of them altogether), the oneroom being in the middle (240). Each of the houses has two staircases. The architects have formerly devised built-in furniture and light interior accessories made of steel pipes. Yet, this plan hasn't been carried out. At the time of its creation, this complex was a rare example of functionalist principles applied to a housing project in Slovakia. ^[3]

References

1. "Obytný komplex Unitas". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
2. Teige, Karel. (2002). The Minimum Dwelling. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-20136-4.
3. "Obytný komplex Unitas". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2009-12-06.