The headquarters surrounded by Carpathian Mountains was designed by BIG for The European AI and Cybersecurity Hub on the ESET Campus in Bratislava, Slovakia. The complex consists of twelve individual buildings organized around a central courtyard, low-lying buildings along the outer perimeter of the campus are designated as public spaces, while four taller buildings towards the center house ESET’s operations.
The campus will house ESET’s 1,500-strong workforce, who research and develop cybersecurity solutions.
The campus will house ESET’s 1,500-strong workforce, who research and develop cybersecurity solutions.
“Rather than a single hermetic entity, we have dissolved the ESET Campus into an urban village of interconnected buildings, framing public paths and urban squares. The diverse cluster of individual pavilions are unified by the undulating solar roofs — forming a single silhouette rising from the forested park like a man-made addition to the Little Carpathians mountain range. Together with the adjacent university, the ESET campus is set to spark the formation of Bratislava’s new innovation district."
Bjarke Ingels.
The campus will be powered by renewably sourced electricity, aided by PV panels lining the undulating roof and ground source heat pumps. The exterior façade system will be composed of timber and glass, while balconies will provide additional outdoor spaces, passive shading, and natural ventilation.
