Sotelia Hotel / Enota
Architects: Enota
Location: Podčetrtek, Slovenia
Project Team: Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Petra Ostanek, Anže Zalaznik, Eva Matjašič, Darko Vasiljevič, Mojca Žerjav
Client: Terme Olimia
Landscape Architecture: Bruto
Structure: Elea iC
Mechanical Engineer: Proinstal
Electrical Installation: Elita IB
Project Area: 15,200 sqm
Budget: 12,000,000 EUR
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Miran Kambič
Orhidelia Wellness / Enota
Architects: Enota
Location: Podčetrtek, Slovenia
Project Team: Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Maruša Zupančič, Nuša Završnik, Zana Starovič, Anna Kravcova, Polona Ruparčič, Marko Volf, Sabina Sakelšek, Esta Matkovič, Darja Zubac, Dean Jukić, Nebojša Vertovšek, Tjaša Marinšek
Client: Terme Olimia
Landscape Architecture: Bruto
Structure: Elea iC
Climatisation & Plumbing: Nombiro
Electrical Instalation: Forte inženiring
Project Area: 9,990 sqm
Budget: 13,000,000 EUR
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Miran Kambič
Farewell Chapel / Arhitektura Krušec
Architects: Arhitektura Krušec
Location: Teharje, Slovenia
Project Team: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec
Collaborators: Matej Nolda, Miha Žargi
Client: Municipality of Celje
Project Area: 160 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Miran Kambič
Celje Power Plant / Arhitektura Krušec
Architects: Arhitektura Krusec
Location: Celje, Slovenia
Investor: Municipality of Celje
Principals in Charge: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec
Co-author: Vid Kurinčič
Project Area: 100 sqm
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Miran Kambič, Tomaž Krušec
Gruškovje Border Shop / Enota
For the Gruškovje Border Shop commission, Slovenian architecture firm Enota designed a 550m2 store situated between two roads. Since the project has an “undemanding program”, the architects decided to create a recognizable entity that would be treated in two different ways, depending upon which road the object was viewed.
More about the shop after the break.
New Market in Celje / Arhitektura Krušec
Architects: Arhitektura Krušec
Location: Celje, Slovenia
Project Team: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec and Vid Kurinčič
Colaborators: Tina Mikulič, Vanja Milosavljevič, Jurij Nemec, Matej Nolda, Jan Šavli and Miha Žargi
Investor: Municipality of Celje, CMC Celje
Client: Municipality of Celje and CMC Celje
Project Area: 410 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Miran Kambič
Sava Footbridge / Peter Gabrijelčič + Peter Koren
Authors: mag. Peter Gabrijelčič, u.d.i.a., ing. Peter Koren
Location: Radovljica, Slovenia
Investor: DRSC
Construction year: 2007
Photographer: Miran Kambič, Dejan Simčič
Celjska Koca / Arhitektura Krušec
Architects: Arhitektura Krusec
Location: Celje, Slovenia
Authors: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec
Co-author: Vid Kurinčič
Collaborators: Matej Nolda, Miha Volk, Miha Žargi
Investor: Municipality of Celje
Project Area: 1,700 sqm
Project Year: 2005-2006
Construction Year: 2006–2007
Photographs: Miran Kambič
Biotehniska Fakulteta / Arhitektura Krušec
Architects: Arhitektura Krusec
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Directors in Charge: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec and Vid Kurinčič
Collaborators: Vanja Milosavljevič , Jan Šavli, Domen Fučka , Tina Mikulič, Jurij Nemec , Nina Polajnar, Miha Prosen
Investor: University of Ljubljana and Biotechnical Faculty
Project Area: 2,700 sqm
Design Year: 2007-2008
Construction Year: 2009–2010
Photographs: Miran Kambič
Rose Garden Islands / OFIS Arhitekti
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
New Architecture for New Maribor Art Gallery Competition Results
The Maribor Municipality (Slovenia) and the jury members under the auspices of the International Association of Architects announced the winners and award holders of the open international competition for the new UGM / Maribor Art Gallery. The Competition Committee received over 200 attractive entries from around the world proposing solutions for the new, 14,000m2 UGM including 8,000 m2 of gallery premises, a Children’s Museum, an Architectural Centre and a Creative Industry Centre, museum library and retail.
See the winners and honourable mentions after the break.
Footbridge in Maribor / Arhitektura d.o.o.
Arhitektura d.o.o., in collaboration with PONTING (construction engineers) received second prize for their proposal for a competition sponsored by the city of Maribor in Slovenia within the European Capital of Culture. They managed to put the bridge in one leap across the 120 m wide river.
More images and architect’s description after the break.
10EPK / Spaceworkers
Portugal-based architects Spaceworkers shared with us their proposal for a competition sponsored by the city of Maribor in Slovenia within the European Capital of Culture.
The challenge was to create a footpath and cycling bridge in a place where the first bridge in this city once existed.
More images and architect’s description after the break.
Butcher’s Bridge / SADAR + VUGA
Designed by SADAR + VUGA, the new Butcher’s Bridge concludes the arrangement of the Jože Plecnik’s covered market from the mid-1930s. It connects the market area on the Adamic-Lunder embankment with the new market area on the regulated Petkovšek embankment.
More images and architect’s description after the break.
Sci-Park Maribor / SADAR + VUGA
Designed by SADAR + VUGA, the Sci-Park Maribor scientific park is founded by the University of Maribor and is to occupy a section of a degraded former industrial area of Tezno at the south fringe of the city. Six individual buildings with a combined 30.000 m2 total floor area will be constructed on a 80.000 m2 site in several phases. These buildings, together with a shared parking garage, form ‘garden islands’ that accommodate irregular shapes of the site’s border; the way these islands are arranged on the site creates different ambients of open urban areas among them.
More images and architect’s description after the break.
AD Interviews: Bostjan Vuga / SADAR + VUGA
While in Croatia, I took the time for a short trip to Slovenia to meet SADAR + VUGA, one of the practices from eastern Europe that have been on my mind since I saw a low rise residential building (Condominium Trnvoski Pristan) published back in 2004.
On ArchDaily we have seen some of their projects (and expect more in the next days) such as Villa Beli Kriz (awarded with the Golden Pencilby the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia ) or a large scale sports park in Ljubljana currently under construction.
Something that took my attention when visiting their office was the work methodology, with a very clear structure. Several models around the office are proof of a constant research, testing a series of formulas on different programs as you can see on their website.
Panoramic Garden of CCIS / SADAR + VUGA
Architects: SADAR + VUGA
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project Team: Jurij Sadar, Boštjan Vuga, Tina Hočevar, Janja Brodar, Aleksandar Lalic
Client: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
Project Area: 194.6 sqm
Project Year: 2003-2004
Photographs: Zare Modlic
AD Interviews: OFIS Arhitekti
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.
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.
Backbone Village Houses / OFIS arhitekti
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
Piranesi Awards 2009
The international jury for the Piranesi Award met on 20 and 21 November 2009 in the premises of Mestna galerija in Piran, in the context of the Piran Days of Architecture. The members of the jury were: Maruša Zorec, Milton Braga, Robert McCarter, Saša Randić, Wang Shu, John Wardle, Aaron Tan, Shelley McNamara, Yvonne Farrell and Diébédo Francis Kéré.
The Piranesi Award 2009 was awarded to deca ARCHITECTURE from Greece for the project Aloni House in Antiparos. You can see the two Honorable Mentions and the Student’s Honorable Mention after the break. For more information, visit the competition’s official website.
Renovation of an old Ljubljana villa / Arhitektura d.o.o.
Architects: Arhitektura d.o.o.
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project Team: Peter Gabrijelčič , Boštjan Gabrijelčič, Tomaž Budkovič
Investor: private
Construction year: 2008-2009
Photographer: Marko Zoranovič
