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Ljubljana City Council has approved the project ‘Shopping Pillow Terraces’, by Slovenia-based OFIS arhitekti. The project, a commercial and residential complex located on a main pedestrian street in Ljubljana City Center will begin its construction next year. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
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A couple of days ago we featured a project by Slovenian architects Enota, which received second prize in an invited competition. In that project, our readers asked for OFIS arhitekti’s proposal to the competition, so they shared it with us for you to enjoy. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
Football Stadium in Maribor
Slovenia-based OFIS arhitekti (see their projects here) are looking for a local office around Minsk, Belarus and Sochi, Russia to work with two sports projects (a football stadium and a building for Winter Olympics).
If you’re interested in working with OFIS arhitekti please send a mail to ofis@ofis.si.
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Architects: OFIS Arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Directors in Charge: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik
Project Team: Andrej Gregorič, Janez Martinčič, Janja Del Linz, Katja Aljaz, Anna Breda, Cristian Gheorghe, Kasia Bernatek, Magdalena Lacka
Project Area: 18,000 sqm + 8,000 sqm underground parking
Design Year: 2008-2010
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Slovenian architects OFIS Architekti shared with us this affordable sustainable housing project in El Paso, Texas.
The proposal separates the site in two roughly equal halves: North and South. The North is proposed for Phase II of the development, because its corner location suited best as commercial or mixed use development. Housing complex is located in more quiet, southern part of the plot and is gathered in a form of a nest – living mount of apartments, stuck one above another. The form makes a perfect shape as a shield protecting the units from sun and wind and the other hand offers quality environment: light, well ventilated with created different types of shared areas, both external and internal. Apartment units are orientated towards the internal park or towards the exterior. With its orientation keep intimacy and opened views to inhabitants. Apartments on level +1 around the internal park have atriums and terraces connected to the plaza.
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Krasnja, Slovenia
Competition Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Design Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Janez martincic, Magdalena Lacka, Katja Aljaz, Martina Lipicer
Constructed Area: 135 sqm (70 sqm of inner space & 65 sqm of external space)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
While in Croatia, I took some time to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia, and interview OFIS Arhitekti. The practice was founded in 1998 by partners Rok Oman and Spela Videcnik, both graduates from the Ljubljana architecture school and the Architectural Association.
OFIS has produced a high amount of buildings in the last years, with very good examples in housing: Izola Social Housing, Shopping Roof Apartments, Tetris Apartments, Lace Apartments, Student apartment studios and the Backbone Village Houses.
Izola Social Housing / OFIS Arhitekti
But the firm has also being involved in retail (Mercator), religious architecture (Farewell Chapel), and some houses such as the Alpine Hut and Villa Old Oaks (full list of OFIS projects previously featured at ArchDaily). Clearly, dealing with different types of clients (individuals, state, real state) is not a problem for this young office.
What I liked about the interview was to see how responsible this young firm feels as a generation in terms of building the image of Slovenia, a new nation that has been trough many changes in the last years, specially in terms of opening to the rest of the world.
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Architects: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Podpec, Slovenia
Project Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Javier Carrera, Janez Martincic, Katja Aljaz
Each Plot Area: 420 sqm
Each House Area: 110 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2010
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
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Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Trata, Skofja Loka, Slovenia
Competition Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Spela Videcnik
Design Team: Andrej Gregoric, Katja Aljaz, Janez Martincic, Magdalena Lacka
Budget: $180,000 Euro
Site Area: 2,500 sqm
Constructed Area: 1,080 sqm
Project year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Krasnja, Slovenia
Competition Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Design Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Janez martincic, Magdalena Lacka, Katja Aljaz, Martina Lipicer
Constructed Area: 135 sqm (70 sqm of inner space & 65 sqm of external space)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
Architects: Sadar Vuga Arhitekti (lead architect); KSS, London (consultant in sports architecture); MYSI, Tel Aviv (shopping centre concept); OFIS arhitekti, Ljubljana (architect shopping centre)
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Landscape Architects: AKKA, Ljubljana
Construction Engineering: Gradis; Atelier One, London
Mechanical Engineering: Lenassi; Jelen & Zaveršnik
Electrical Engineering: Elprojekt; UTRIS
Fire Engineering: EKOsystem
Client: Ljubljana City Municipality, Grep
Project year: 2007
Site Area: 182,000 sqm
Constructed Area: 460,720 sqm
Photographs: Sadar Vuga
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Maldives Islands
Project Leaders: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik
Design Year: 2004-2006
Further Development: 2009
Design Team: Nejc Batistic, Martina Lipicer, Marisa Baptista
3d Animations & Realisations: David Lozej, Jaka Zvan, Rok Jereb
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Stara fuzina, Slovenia
Design Year: 2007
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, andrej gregoric, anna breda
Constructed Area: 66 sqm
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Design Year: 2003
Construction Year: 2003-2008
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik
Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, Neža Oman, Florian Frey, Vanja Fink, Špela Uršič
Constructed Area: 800 sqm
Structural Engineering: Valide d. o. o
Mechanical Engineering: Oves d. o. o., Vavtar Engineering d. o. o.
Electrical Engineering: Winky d. o. o, Energomont d. o. o.
Budget: 1M Euro (US $1,32M)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
The guys from OFIS sent us the their latest won competition in Paris, France.
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Paris, France
Project Year: 2008
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik
Design Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Robert Janez, katja aljaz, Andrej Gregoric, Javier Carrera
Structural Engineering: Matjaz Filic – Elea IC
Mechanical, Electrical engineering & sustainability: Menerga d.o.o.
Project description and more images after the break.
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project Year: 2006-2008
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik
Design Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Javier Carrera, Anna Breda, Luis Ferreira, Ana Kosi, Katja Aljaz
Client: Mercator d.d.
Interior Design: Mercator Optima
Structural Engineering: Projecta d.o.o.
Contractor: Gradis Skupina G d.d.
Constructed Area: 2,000 sqm
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Design Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2008
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik
Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, Nejc Batistic, Martina Lipicer, Andrej Gregoric, Katja Aljaz
Client: Kraski zidar, Sezana, Slovenia
Constructed Area: 10.250 sqm including parking
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Design Year: 2005-2006
Construction Year: 2006-2007
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik
Design Team: Martina Lipicer – udia, Nejc Batistic – udia, Andrej Gregoric – cand.arh, Ana Kosi – stud.arch.
Programme: Social apartments with parking
Client: Gradis G group, Ljubljana
Constructed Area: 5,000 sqm
Nº of floors: 4 floors + 2 underground parking
Budget: Construction: 650 EURO/sqm (US $1,020)
Ceilling: 1,200 EURO/sqm (US $1,880)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Bohinjska Bistrica, Slovenia
Design Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2006-2007
Collaborators: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, Martina Lipicer, Meta Fortuna, Andrej Gregoric
Shopping mall Design: Jelka Šolmajer (Mercator Optima)
Structural Engineering: Milan Sorc, Projecta d.o.o. Ljubljana
Technical Engineering: Matej Jelen, Bambi d.n.o.
Contractor: Gradis Skupina G d.d., Ljubljana
Client: Gradis Skupina G d.d., Ljubljana
Site Area: 4,200 sqm
Constructed Area: 7,500 sqm
Budget: 4,5 M EURO (US $7,08 M)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Izola, Slovenia
Design Year: 2003
Construction Year: 2004-2006
Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik with Martina Lipicer, Nejc Batistič, Neža Oman, Florian Frey, Marisa Baptista
Structural Engineering: Valide d. o. o.
Mechanical Engineering: Oves d. o. o.
Electrical Engineering: Winky d. o. o.
Contractor: Makro 5 gradnje, d. o. o and Kraški zidar d. d.
Client: Slovenian Housing Fund and Community of Izola
Site Area: 2,294 sqm
Constructed Area: 5,452 sqm
Apartments: 30/block
Budget: 1,54 M EURO (US $2.42 M) /block
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
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