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Ženy Víno Funk Festival 2025
Have you ever felt your pace quicken during a night run by the river, as beams of light danced across the sky and the pulse of bass reverberated in the distance? That same surge of exhilaration defines the summer festival unfolding in the vineyards of the Little Carpathians above Pezinok, Slovakia. The Ženy Víno Funk Festival fuses local wine culture with an international music scene. This year, Jakub Kolarovič Architects reimagined the grounds, weaving urban design principles into the vineyard rows to create what they call a “temporary city.” Its opening note is a shaft of light rising skyward from a tower of scaffolding and mirrored polycarbonate at the festival’s entrance—an illuminated beacon announcing the start of the gathering.
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
From this axis, the spatial choreography unfolds like a score one can walk through. The path leads first to the Arena, built of straw bales, then extends west toward the gastro zone and the Secret Stage. To the north lies the Defender Experience Zone, offering space for around 150 visitors to dine and rest between performances, immersed in the rhythm of the vineyard rows. At the entrance, the Concept Store serves as both retail pavilion and transitional gateway, with a stepped southern façade where people pause, sit, and anticipate the next musical interlude. At the eastern edge, the Live Stage rises from a metal truss structure, its orientation opening wide views across the vineyard landscape.
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
The Arena accommodates close to two thousand people. Its straw construction provides both acoustic absorption and noise mitigation, while allowing for reuse once the festival concludes. The stage sits at the northern end, directly aligned with the entrance, so visitors are drawn into sound the moment they arrive. The Secret Stage was conceived as an adaptable shell. By day it breathes open to the landscape, like a transparent sound chamber. At night, pivoting panels close, and its translucent opal polycarbonate façade glows softly, transforming the pavilion into an intimate club. Unlike the other temporary structures, this one will remain—a permanent fixture for Pezinok’s cultural and tourism life.
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
As darkness falls once more, the entrance tower projects its light across the vineyards. The Arena’s resonance, the Secret Stage’s shifting illumination, the Defender Experience Zone’s convivial atmosphere, and the Live Stage’s panoramic outlook merge into a different kind of city. Built of straw, timber, and polycarbonate, these structures may be dismantled or recycled after the festival. What endures is the dialogue they spark between architecture, landscape, music, and memory.
➤ Photography by martina mlcuchova
➤ Photography by martina mlcuchova
➤ Photography by robert revak
➤ Photography by martina mlcuchova
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Principal Designer | Jakub Kolarovič
Character of Space | Temporary Urban & Architectural Concept for Music Festival (Arena, Secret Stage, Concept Store, Defender Experience Zone, Entrance Gate, Live Stage, Gastro Zone)
Materials | Straw, Layher Scaffolding, White Mesh Fabric, Multiwall Polycarbonate, Spruce Timber, Drywall Framing Profiles, Steel Elements, Stainless Steel Furniture
Location | Pezinok, Slovakia
Gross Floor Area | Secret Stage 100 m², Concept Store 48 m², Defender Experience Zone 198 m²
Plot Size | 3,750,000 m²
Completion Year | 2025
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
➤ Photography by martin vaclavik
