Modern city skyline featuring a tall glass skyscraper with a cube-pattern facade, a rounded high-rise to the left, and other glass towers on a clear day.
Triton Tower Bratislava
Slovakia
  • High-Rise
  • Hospitality
  • Office
  • Competition

In recent years, Bratislava has been experiencing key changes towards economic growth, fulfilling its vision of a metropolitan city. The capital of Slovakia is confidently expanding its historic centre into former brownfield sites and gradually building a new downtown. Between the outskirts of the historical city and the new development zone just behind the Danube’s riverfront, a future landmark is to be created.
Property developer JTRE invited DMAA to participate in the competition with a design for residential apartment skyscrapers.

High-rise buildings play a crucial role in modern urban planning for minimizing land use and preserving valuable resources. DMAA’s design of the Triton Tower follows a volumetric approach responding directly to the surrounding environment, incorporating the height levels of the neighboring structures. Being recognizable on the one hand while seamlessly integrating within the existing cityscape was decisive for the design of the rejuvenating silhouette.

Address
Pribinova 31
Bratislava, Slovakia

Competition
2024

Site area
11.405 m²

Floor area
2.232 m²

Gross floor area
117.310 m²

Height
260 m

Number of levels
82

Number of basements
4


Project manager
Lorenzo Menato

Project team
Mira Al-Surad, Bernd Heger, Ebrar Eke, Maxime Lorenzoni, Thomas Peter-Hindelang, Tomaž Roblek, Eva Rotschopf

Visualization
Toni Nachev

Model
SCALA MATTA
Modellbau Studio Vienna

CONSULTANTS
Structural engineering
Vasko+Partner

Façade
Bollinger+Grohmann

HVACR/ Electrics
Vasko+Partner

Fire safety
Vasko+Partner

Sketch of a tall skyscraper under construction in an urban landscape.
City skyline with a white arch cable-stayed bridge spanning a calm river, tall glass skyscrapers, and hills in the background.
Top-down urban site plan of a city block featuring a bordered landscaped courtyard with trees and paths around a dark-roofed building.

siteplan

The 260m high Triton Tower accommodates more than 900 apartments and offers a diverse range of living spaces, complemented by communal areas, a spacious spa and fitness area and underground parking lots.

The decision to build only one tower was based on both urban and economic considerations. After careful deliberation, it was decided to construct a single, iconic building. Two towers would always inevitably create a hierarchy where one outshines the other. One single tower is not only more distinctive, but the compact design also maximizes economic efficiency regarding construction and operation.

 
Tall glass skyscraper with a modular, lattice-like façade rises above a city by the river, among other high-rises under a clear blue sky.


The main design feature of the façade is a parametric transformation from a visual solidity in the bottom to a dematerialized looking top. The tower’s prism-like volumes become airier towards the top. In the lower floors, where privacy is more crucial, the façade elements are denser and more enclosed. In the upper floors the façade opens up, offering expansive views over the city and the Danube. The non-transparent fibre elements shade the façade, and their supporting structure can be adapted to host solar panels for the production of renewable energy.


Three tall glass skyscrapers in an urban setting, each with a distinct facade.

structure
façade - first layer
façade - second layer

Axonometric diagram of a high-rise building with stacked, color-coded floor plans from basement to roof.

distribution of functions

Modern glass-walled pavilion on a raised platform in a tree-lined urban plaza; people walk and sit.

exterior view of the pavilion in the landscape

Modern hotel lobby interior with marble walls and glass panels; people walk and stand near a reception area under chandeliers.

foyer

Plain white background with a small blue line near the bottom center.
Tall stacked rectangular-lattice sculpture lamp with internal illumination, placed indoors against a plain wall.

model
SCALA MATTA
Modellbau Studio Vienna