Villa Under Extension / OFIS arhitekti

Jun 2008

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Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Bled, Slovenia
DesignYear: 2001
Construction years: 2001-2005
Strcutural Engineer: Elea IC d. o.
Mechanical Engineer: Celarc d. o. o.
Electrical Engineer: IPE d. o. o.
Constructed Area: 1,200 sqm (residential area); 150 sqm (garages); 20,000 sqm (site area)
Budget: 2.5 M EURO (US $3.85 M)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric

The project involves an extension of a 19th-century villa located in a beautiful Alpine resort next to Lake Bled. Both the old villa and the landscape were strictly regulated by the National Heritage people. The client’s chief request was for the main living area to be twice the size of the old existing villa. On top of that, most of the spaces had to face the lake. The client invited several architects to come up with ideas.

The main task was how to incorporate the new 700-m2 addition while respecting all the restrictions the villa and the surrounding landscape were subject to.

Our proposal placed new spaces beneath the ground floor of the existing villa.

The extension forms a rounded base around the house – a pillow covered by the landscape. Looking from the other side of the lake, the pillow blurs with the surrounding landscape. The elevation under the pillow is glazed and overlooks the lake. The floor is organised in levels according to the outside landscape (± 50 cm). They were used as a locator and divider of the opened ground level. The top of the pillow becomes a terrace and garden on the upper floor, where the children’s area is located.

The main living spaces (the ancillary kitchen, dining area, TV space, a space with a fireplace for listening to music by, a library and work space) are placed in the new extension.

Everyday services such as wardrobes, the main kitchen and guest bathroom are behind the walls of the old villa cellar. Garages and storage/workshop spaces are hidden in this volume. The old villa becomes a private rest area with the children’s space on the first floor and the parent’s on the top.

The main entrance is from the courtyard and is displaced from the house’s central axis; one enters the side volume of the old villa cellar of the new part. Then one crosses the curved ramp and passes beneath the staircase. Here, a three-storey hall opens up to form the heart of the old villa, while the visual axis of the lake conducts you to the new living area.

The curved stairs define things, connect the old and the new, and play the part of the main communications core in the house. All rooms and open spaces give onto the staircase and communicate with the main lobby.
sustainable factor_ all new extension part around the existing villa is integrated into the landscape with green roof.

: site plan

: level 0 plan

: level 1 plan

: level 2 plan

: elevation 01

: elevation 02

: elevation 03

: elevation 04

: section 01

: section 02

: section 03

: section 04

: section 05

: section 06

: entrance ramp details

: staircase section

: stairs detail

: stairs section

: diagram 01

: diagram 02

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "Villa Under Extension / OFIS arhitekti" 23 Jun 2008. ArchDaily. Accessed 07 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/2656>

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Danyo Cummings says:

Dream House (Villa) of the Day: “Villa Under Extensions” by Ofis Arhitekti http://tinyurl.com/4orvh5

# June 12, 2009 at 16:42

j says:

what a great extension, wish there were pictures of the existing building to see how they come together cohesively

# August 7, 2009 at 22:23

Banc says:

That is one sexy set of stairs….

# July 2, 2010 at 05:02

Luminus says:

Absolutely great! Have no words..

# July 2, 2010 at 09:51

quest says:

Great, Big Time!

# August 20, 2010 at 05:57

part says:

who needs such a cottage when most of humanity lives in 20 square meters?
it’s a fine piece of architecture, but other than that – it’s no more than a sick perversion.
how do you heat that place, anyway?

# September 21, 2010 at 13:13

3:49 AM Sep 13th

ANTONIETTA GRAZIOSI

RT @ArchDaily photos don't do justice,take a look at sections/elevations of extension under a 19th century villa http://archdai.ly/9Scn1W

3:50 AM Sep 13th

Genie

RT @archdaily: photos don't do justice, but take a look at the sections/elevations of this extension under a 19th century villa http://archdai.ly/9Scn1W

3:55 AM Sep 13th

rainsea

4:18 AM Sep 13th

Design Is Divine

4:40 AM Sep 13th

Zagorski

7:01 AM Sep 13th

kati fyssicopulos

1:28 PM Sep 13th

Matt Cole

RT @ArchDaily photos don't do justice, but look at sections/elevations of this extension under 19th century villa http://archdai.ly/9Scn1W

2:36 PM Sep 13th