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Fig. 2. Steam Power Plant area, Zilina, around 1910. Led Steam power plant was built at the outskirts of the town, near the slaughterhouse. Historicist industrial architecture, arch lined frieze and tall windows with rounded wedges was applied to modern two-hall plant with the center saddled skylights. Chimney was detached and a small, single-storey residential building was built in the street line. In the halls of power plant was the boiler room with steam boiler, coal shed and room for pullets. It was located next to the engine room with two steam engines, DC dynamos and reserve for another machine and dynamo. [1]

Figure 2 Steam Power Plant area, Zilina, around 1910. Led Steam power plant was built at the outskirts of the town, near the slaughterhouse. Historicist industrial architecture, arch lined frieze and tall windows with rounded wedges was applied to modern two-hall plant with the center saddled skylights. Chimney was detached and a small, single-storey residential building was built in the street line. In the halls of power plant was the boiler room with steam boiler, coal shed and room for pullets. It was located next to the engine room with two steam engines, DC dynamos and reserve for another machine and dynamo. [1]

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Fig. 1. Peter Behrens, Neologic synagogue in Zilina, built 1928-1931. Proposal of the Berlin architect Peter Behrens won and synagogue was built shortly afterwards in 1928-31. (fig.1.) At the end of the 20’s the scene of the Zilina’s progressive architecture was rich with a large number of authors, like a celebrity architect Fridrich Weinwurm, Ignac Vécsei, Julius Stein and famous architect Michal Maximilian Scheer. [3]
Fig. 1. Peter Behrens, Neologic synagogue in Zilina, built 1928-1931. Proposal of the Berlin architect Peter Behrens won and synagogue was built shortly afterwards in 1928-31. (fig.1.) At the end of the 20’s the scene of the Zilina’s progressive architecture was rich with a large number of authors, like a celebrity architect Fridrich Weinwurm, Ignac Vécsei, Julius Stein and famous architect Michal Maximilian Scheer. [3]
Fig. 3. Steam Power Plant drawing, section and a ground plan. Source: State Archives Zilina. The Northwest Slovak Joint Power Plant Company (SESzS) was established in 1922 in Zilina. Company rebuilt hydroelectric project on Rajéianka stream and delivered energy to town and surrounding villages (Banova, Gbelany, Nededza ...) and growing businesses in and around the town. Probably in January 1926 SESzS bought also the steam power plant - a supply of the direct current. In 20’s the network was gradually reconstructed for alternating current, older solution had less and less coverage. Conversion of the technology and a steam power to a new trend would not be cost-effective, electricity production ceased around 1928. [1] The chimney was demolished in 1930 and the courtyard building of the former steam plant was converted to administrative duties and technical premises.
Fig. 3. Steam Power Plant drawing, section and a ground plan. Source: State Archives Zilina. The Northwest Slovak Joint Power Plant Company (SESzS) was established in 1922 in Zilina. Company rebuilt hydroelectric project on Rajéianka stream and delivered energy to town and surrounding villages (Banova, Gbelany, Nededza ...) and growing businesses in and around the town. Probably in January 1926 SESzS bought also the steam power plant - a supply of the direct current. In 20’s the network was gradually reconstructed for alternating current, older solution had less and less coverage. Conversion of the technology and a steam power to a new trend would not be cost-effective, electricity production ceased around 1928. [1] The chimney was demolished in 1930 and the courtyard building of the former steam plant was converted to administrative duties and technical premises.
Fig. 4. Adaptation plans. Left ground floor, right newly proposed Ist floor plan. Bednarik, 1935. Source: State Archives Zilina.
Fig. 4. Adaptation plans. Left ground floor, right newly proposed Ist floor plan. Bednarik, 1935. Source: State Archives Zilina.
Fig. 5. Restorational research. Left: soundings — veneer applied to window frames. Right: Entrance and stairs with skylight. Photo: Grufiova, 2016. The walls were covered with quality terracotta colored wallpaper (lately painted in the same color tone) that was glued also to parts of the ceiling. Area has the very carefully handled seams of the each wallpaper strip. From the each corner of the office seam goes diagonally at precise 45 degree angle. The gap was almost invisible - only a soft texture and color variation of the wallpaper shows direction of gluing.
Fig. 5. Restorational research. Left: soundings — veneer applied to window frames. Right: Entrance and stairs with skylight. Photo: Grufiova, 2016. The walls were covered with quality terracotta colored wallpaper (lately painted in the same color tone) that was glued also to parts of the ceiling. Area has the very carefully handled seams of the each wallpaper strip. From the each corner of the office seam goes diagonally at precise 45 degree angle. The gap was almost invisible - only a soft texture and color variation of the wallpaper shows direction of gluing.
Fig. 7. Visuals of the meeting room based upon restorational research findings. Grifova, 2016. Lighting was designed in recessed ceiling as indirect illumination area. The niche for a tubular bulbs was decorated with light olive wallpaper that also as the narrow strip lined niche around. Lightning niche has gently rounded, soft molded edge. Walls between office spaces absorbed load-bearing concrete columns, the volume is used to create a storage space. Veneered doors of the cabinets are dark brown, complemented by fine acting technical detail - thin chrome strips. The floor is wooden parquet. High quality of the details is shown also in the construction lining offices windows. The design is the embedded system with wooden blinds, covered by dark brown veneer in combination with striped exotic wood veneer, the same as in the case of the doors. One of the original glass partitions is now lined on both sides, only fragments of fixing profiles are preserved.
Fig. 7. Visuals of the meeting room based upon restorational research findings. Grifova, 2016. Lighting was designed in recessed ceiling as indirect illumination area. The niche for a tubular bulbs was decorated with light olive wallpaper that also as the narrow strip lined niche around. Lightning niche has gently rounded, soft molded edge. Walls between office spaces absorbed load-bearing concrete columns, the volume is used to create a storage space. Veneered doors of the cabinets are dark brown, complemented by fine acting technical detail - thin chrome strips. The floor is wooden parquet. High quality of the details is shown also in the construction lining offices windows. The design is the embedded system with wooden blinds, covered by dark brown veneer in combination with striped exotic wood veneer, the same as in the case of the doors. One of the original glass partitions is now lined on both sides, only fragments of fixing profiles are preserved.
Fig. 8. Visuals of the office based upon restorational research findings and ground plan, partly analogical reconstruction. Gruriova, 2016.
Fig. 8. Visuals of the office based upon restorational research findings and ground plan, partly analogical reconstruction. Gruriova, 2016.
Fig. 9. Visuals of the lobby hall, based upon restorational research findings. Grufova, 2016.
Fig. 9. Visuals of the lobby hall, based upon restorational research findings. Grufova, 2016.
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