The State Authority of Urban Planning and Construction

In November 2022, I was appointed by the Slovak government to the position of vice-president of the Office for Spatial Planning and Construction of the Slovak Republic. The Office for Spatial Planning and Construction of the Slovak Republic was established on June 1, 2022, based on a decision of the Parliament. From the day of its establishment, it carries out all the activities necessary to ensure the proper operation of the office and the transfer of rights and obligations in the field of spatial planning, construction and expropriation according to the existing generally binding legal regulations from the Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic to the office from January 1, 2023.

Participatory Planning Office, Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava

From November 2019 to September 2022, I was the director of a newly established participatory planning office at the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava (MIB). The Institute is a young organization that has no parallels in Slovakia. It is supposed to be a place of conceptual city planning, a place where cross-sectional and interdisciplinary work is done inside and outside. The challenges of urban planning, whether it is the climate crisis, the impact of technology on society, increasing social inequalities in society or the future of democracy today require this type of cooperation. The truth is that, for various reasons, this method of cooperation has been more of a theory than a practice in Slovakia.

Mayer Malacky: Vision and Development Principles for New Quarter Adapted to Climate Crisis

Mayer Malacky is a project of a new, multifunctional district that reflects aspects of everyday life in the future. It reflects on sensitive social, technical and environmental integration of isolated greenfield 'beyond the highway' into Malacky, a small city in the metropolitan area of Slovak capital, Bratislava. It outlines strategies for its integration but also develops its own autonomy. It considers impacts of climate crisis. In its essence it builds on principles of circular economy, efficient management of resources including waste in and nearby territory. It outlines strategies for coexistence of different people, trying to mitigate inequalities given by gender, age, economic and ethnic status. It complements functions of original city and invites not only residents but also new visitors. It fights against isolation determined by its geographical conditions.

urban planning, strategical planningMilota SidorovaSeptember 18, 2019urban planning, urban research

Revitalization of the former Matej Bella school, Zvolen - Sekier

In June 2018, representatives of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region presented a plan for further use of the building of the former 8-year-old Matej Bel School on Okružná Street in the Sekier housing estate. This is a pilot project dealing with deprived buildings owned by the region. The BBSK intends to revitalize the building, including public spaces adjacent to other civic amenities (post office, kindergarten, rectory, church). In collaboration with Punkt, the BBSK launched a process of long-term revitalization in a participatory form, in discussions with the public, residents, entrepreneurs and potential investors who would like to implement their ideas in the building.

Palacky street, more than a shortcut, Pardubice

The aim of revitalization of the Palacký street was, besides improving technical and aesthetic condition of the public space, also to change behavior of people by changing the character of the space by activating its economic, cultural and social potential. An international, interdisciplinary team of professionals has created a conceptual study of the most important street in the city of Pardubice through a participative process combined with design thinking,

Envisioning Mill Island

In collaboration with the ONplan Lab team, I outlined and led the process of envisioning the strategy and future of the Mills Island area in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The area is characterized by contrasts. The iconic monument, Gocar's Mill house and its declining bakery production gives a background to one of the most vibrant parks, Na Spici, on the edge of a quiet residential district. The City of Pardubice identified it to as one of the upcoming transformation zones. In order to maintain the value of the area, a commission was carried out to gather all the relevant information and stakeholders' visions and to organize a legal competition architectural workshop.

Revitalization of Dvorakovo Nabrezi - Na Frantisku

The aim of the study is to revitalize this bank of the Vltava river and to bring back its status among the places that we choose as a pleasant and safe way to commute to work, for past-time activities or for unveiling the many layers of its extremely rich, local history. The growing numbers of key, individual investments of local actors and stakeholders became the catalyst for the Institute of Planning and Development to conduct a conceptual and coordinated study. The actors involved were property owners, property managers, attached institutions and the public - all of them becoming partners while formulating the vision for the riverbank. This conceptual study will become a base for the coordination of future individual investment in the private properties and attached public spaces.